Stories

You look at me and you think I have it made. From my physical appearance, job and athletic accomplishments. Nobody knew the battle I was facing. (remember that, EVERYONE is...

Hey, my name is Leah and I have Crohn's disease. I was diagnosed in 2018 at the age of 15. Since then I have gone through a lot, which most...

Thank you for letting me post to this forum. I wanted to share my story of a close family member who had UC for over 25 years and to see...

Hi I came across this site and it’s nice to speak to people who are going through the same as me as I don’t really know anyone with Crohn's and...

Every so often, I see people's stories about their ostomies pop up on my social media. And I read them. And sometimes, I reflect on how I feel about my...

When I first noticed the bleeding, I was 20 years old and convinced everything would work itself out. At that age, it felt more “normal” to pay attention to my...

I am 31 years old, and I was diagnosed with Crohn’s when I was 25. I was recently put on an extensive round of antibiotics to treat an infection. As...

I’m new to this site and this is my first intro to sharing my life of IBD with strangers. My 1st issue was in 1990 when I was 6 months...

Wow, I can’t believe we’ve made it to the year 2021. That feels like such a futuristic year. Yet here we are. 2021 also means I have been living with...

4 months ago I had pouchitis. Was put on Flagyl twice. To no success. I have extreme belly noises, nausea, and explosive BM's. I have found that every 2 hrs...

Hi everyone I’m 23-years-old, originally got C. diff out of nowhere. I was not on antibiotics or in a hospital when I had caught it, but the first problems started...

In 1970, I had a fistula form between my rectum and the outside, near my anus. Talk about teasing! We won't go there. The doctor deemed me healthy and did...

Wow, thank you so much inflammatoryboweldisease.net - I have been on my own with this hell for so long now, just a few minutes on this site has been like...

Diagnosed in emergency surgery in 1970 at age 22. I have been through hell and back for 51 years. I have Crohn's disease and that name did not exist when...

Hi everyone. Everybody thinks that people with IBD don't live a normal life, which is not true. Telling you about myself, I came to know that I had IBD back...

I've been experiencing rectal bleeding for about 10 months now with bits of mucus. I'm 20 years old and had a colonoscopy a few months ago and the results came...

It all started in November 1991 when I felt tired all the time. In January 1992 I started having bloody diarrhea and no appetite. I went from 100 t0 70...

Hello all. I’ve recently joined this page and I just wanted to say how much reading other people’s stories and similar struggles has helped my mental health in wrapping my...

Hello, I have suffered from periodic depression for most of my life and for the last 4-5 years of ulcerative colitis. At the beginning of the vivid crisis here in...

I am still learning how to navigate this site, and was surprised when I discovered what I wrote 2 months ago did not show up here in "stories." I must...