25 years before getting the diagnosisI've been dealing with Crohn's symptoms since I was 15 y/o and it took almost 25 years to take me seriously. When...reactions1comment
"Are You Getting Over It?" Who do you tell?A man in our neighborhood who knew I was having health problems asked recently, "How are you doing?" I gave a vague...reactions1comment
Looks Like a UC Duck, Sounds Like a UC Duck, But . . . Not a Duck?I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in my late fifties. In the middle of January, after what felt like a normal bowel...reactionscomments
Over 50 years later.....Go back to 1971; in college, newly married for 3 months, 20 years old, and going in for exploratory surgery. Yes, that...reactions4comments
Living Over a Decade with UCI was first diagnosed with UC in 2012, but only after several years of a misdiagnosis of IBS did I consider this...reactions6comments
The Start of my Crohn's DiseaseI am 58 years old. My story began when I was just 20. I had a really bad fissure that I went...reactions2comments
My Story with Ulcerative Colitis and SurgeryI was 21 years old, without a care in the world. Working in a family business and living with parents, life was...reactions3comments
My ulcerative colitis storyHi Everyone This is the first time that I am sharing my experience with UC. I am hoping that my experience could...reactions13comments
Butterfly's Crohn's Disease JourneyIn February of 2020 my daughter, (I will refer to her as Butterfly) Butterfly was hospitalized, after an ER trip, she had...reactions3comments
Traveling With an OstomyI have 4 children, all living across the United States. I also have an elderly mother as well as 5 siblings, again...reactions3comments
It all started with PSAI was diagnosed as a teenager with psoriasis. Then when I was in my late 20’s psoriatic arthritis and in my 40’s...reactions1comment
Recently Diagnosed with Crohn's at 20I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease two months ago (March 3rd) after an unexpected ER and hospital visit. It all felt very...reactions7comments
Ileo-Anal Pouch Surgery (J-Pouch)In 1988 I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. For 5 years I had a very bad time, off work a total of...reactionscomments
You WILL get through this!Diagnosed with CD at age 25, still in graduate school and after 3 years in the army (!). Finally had surgery in...reactions5comments
Caregiving, Crime, Cancer, & Crohn's DiseasePlease tell my story about caregivers, Caregiving for sick family members and sick caregivers. When associated with cancer, especially Colon Cancer, small...reactionscomments
First Time PostHi everyone, There is no ‘known’ history in my family of Crohn's/Colitis (my doctor is leaning towards Colitis for myself as it...reactionscomments
Living with Crohn’sI have been going to Gi doctors my whole life which has not been easy. I unfortunately had parasites as a baby...reactionscomments
My IBD diagnosisI've been doing a lot of reading about IBD since being diagnosed last month and it really is disturbing the amount of...reactions6comments
The Surgery Struggle is Real. Trust your instincts.I began to experience urgency as a small child in the 1950's. I mostly hid the few accidents I had. Then through...reactions4comments
Long Long Crohn's journeyMy story started in the mid 1980s. Incredible stomach pains, went into shock, crash team saved me. I had many tests and...reactions4comments
