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As I sat across from my gastroenterologist in his private office in July 1998 I felt scared, anxious, and exhausted. Two weeks before I'd had my first colonoscopy after spending months with chronic diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bouts of blood and mucus, and serious weight loss. My doctor was speaki...
I was in the office for a routine visit. I had a colonoscopy. Dazed and confused apon wake-ing, I had my boy-friend by my side when he said the words, "YOU HAVE CHROMES DISEASE". I don't have it bad like you, but I hope the pills I was givin will help stop it from getting worse. Do you know if there's things that I should know even though our situations are different?
Hi Jean Marie,
Sorry you've joined our IBD group. One never quite knows how their Crohn's or colitis will affect them vs. other IBDers. Some people, like me, have it worse at the beginning then with changes in diet and lifestyle, etc. things get better and the flares become less often and less hard. Other people barely notice their IBD and some people suffer daily.
Read through my Shareposts here. I give lots of ideas and thoughts about what helped me, what didn't, how I cope, travel, and live a good live despite all this.
But don't let other people's reality with IBD become your reality. Like I said, we're all different in how it affects us even though we're all lumped into one IBD category.
Write again if you have questions!
Hugs,
Elizabeth