awareness week

Part of #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek How I think about myself and the life I want to live has changed since having IBD. I’d never really been sick before I was diagnosed with IBD. So the first thing I contended with was how what I thought my life was going to be like, changed. It wasn’t an overnight thing but gradually as I got better after being so unwell, there was a certain…

Part of #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek My mental health has been really impacted by having Crohn’s disease. It started with the aftermath of diagnosis and has come back stronger and deeper since surgery. All of the issues that I’ve had have made it harder to process just how much IBD can go on to affect daily life, especially when you’re living in constant pain. Before stoma surgery, however, I was not taking medication…

Part of #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek My bowel habits began changing alot time before I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. In fact, I recently found a diary of mine from mid-2010 – a whole year prior to my diagnosis – in which I complained about some rather persistent diarrhoea. But I was studying for my final year exams, preparing for graduation and I thought it was stress-related. I certainly continued to think that…

Part of #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek My appearance is something that changes quite often with my Crohns disease. Whether it be weight gain – either much needed or just subsequent – or weight loss, my body has not looked consistently the same for years. Even within a year, I can dramatically lose weight or gain it, it depends on how well my disease is being controlled my current course of treatment. While my…