I usually ramble on in my blogs so I have set myself a challenge – 200 words max per blog for Crohn’s and Colitis awareness week!
Over 300,000 people have been diagnosed with Crohn’s or Colitis within the UK alone!
Some people have a really long and hard journey before they are even diagnosed and for some, it’s one major flare leading to being diagnosed straight away. It can be a relief to actually have a name for what you’re suffering with – and then comes the treatment!
I got sick fast and after just two weeks at home in bed doing nothing but sleep and crap blood and mucous, whilst being treated for IBS, I was admitted to the hospital.
I was whisked for a colonoscopy straight away and diagnosed with Colitis on the spot, in September 2007. After a week in the hospital and no improvement from the intravenous meds, I was taken for surgery to have my colon removed and an ileostomy formed.