Stories

The battle with Crohn’s disease has been a lifelong and ongoing battle for me. I was officially diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when I was 19 years old. Most likely I...

My name is Erica and I am 34 years old. My journey with Crohn's Disease began on Easter Sunday of 2015. I was coloring eggs with my friends and family...

When I was in school there were no sports for girls - that's how old I am: 61. At age 16, and again at age 39, I had breast cancer...

I started college in 2016 and at the time, I loaded up my plate. I started a new job, broke up with my boyfriend I had been with for 2...

I was diagnosed at age 20 by a Gastro in NYC. Saw him with my mom, typical Jewish Mother. He saw the interaction with my mom freaking out and her...

Hi, I really hope you get this message. I'm trying to spread the word as much as I can and share my experience. About 6 months ago, I had a...

I had symptoms at 8 years old and misdiagnosed till 16 with anorexia! I did have the body of an eight-year-old. This was in ‘71 when hardly no one had...

About 18 months ago I had the worst griping pains ever with constant trips to the toilet with bruising pains and fatigue the next day. Once I felt better, it...

I was finally diagnosed with Microscopic Colitis after two years of hospitalization. Tests, pills that did not work, MRI’s, colonoscopies, all came out negative, ending in a wrong diagnosis. After...

I have ulcerative colitis and I just wanted to write this post because when I was flaring often, I would end up on message boards and see a lot of...

I have Crohn’s and UC and I am 46 years old. 9/2018 I lost all of my large bowel and have only 11% of my small bowel left. I've been...

Back in August 2019 I started having extreme abdominal pain and diarrhea. It lasted for 3 days and eventually I went to the ER. I had a CT scan, ultra...

Here is my experience with IBD - from how I got it, to how I cured it. https://beguyledblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/the-scd-diet-cures-ibd/...

People have asked me, "how did a nice Jewish boy wind up working for the notorious cocaine overlord Pablo Escobar in the late 1970's and 1980's?". It's a long story...

I was just 15 years old when I experienced heavy rectal bleeding, diarrhea and abdominal pain for a week. I went to a gastro and she scheduled a colonoscopy and...

Was diagnosed after surgery for appendix which revealed a baseball size mass caused by Crohn's. Lots of loose bowels most of my adult life but just figured that was how...

After suffering most of my life with stomach pains, finally was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 50. Already was diagnosed with Hashimotos previously. Once diagnosed with Crohn's, had a colonoscopy...

My Crohn’s disease made its entrance when I was pregnant, so I was hard to treat because the baby had to be protected. So my August baby became a June...

Today I am almost 28 years old. It was around this time 16 years ago (Thanksgiving to be exact) that I was admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain...

I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when I was 16. Now, 20, I’ve been through many different kinds and combinations of treatments including 2 different biologics. I’ve met with multiple...