Crohns Disease

When I was in the hospital getting diagnosed with Crohn's disease, I was diag- in once to the hospital, so it was about four days, and they told me I had a virus that mimics the symptoms of Crohn's disease. And so I went home with antibiotics, but it didn't go away. So I came back and they diagnosed me correctly, but kind of throughout this time I wasn't in the best headspace about it. I did everything I could to get out of the hospital and just kind of get back to life as I knew it. As much as I resisted kind of having this disease, as time went on, life became okay again. They looked in my intestines. I had lots of x-rays done just to look at the different inflammation levels and things like that. I had a CT scan run, colonoscopy, and an endoscopy. When I got out of the hospital, I had bone density scans run, and I get blood drawn every four to six months, kind of depending on the case.

So, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when I was 13. I've been very, very blessed to not have any problems with it since then. My medication has controlled it, but there are still times where if I eat certain foods, my stomach will hurt and that's just kind of life, but I've been blessed. I live a very normal life and I know that I'm being taken care of and everyone that I know is very supportive of it. And yeah, while I was in the hospital, I wasn't necessarily the best head space about it, but everything turned out okay and that's what's important.