a stricture. The news of having a chronic illness and
having major surgery hit me pretty hard.
Coming out of the hospital, I knew nothing about what
Crohn’s disease was or what impact it would have
on me in the future. To overcome this, I searched
the web for answers which helped to some extent
as it put me in touch with Crohn’s and Colitis UK.
They have given me a great support system through
meeting lots of people with IBD, some of whom have
become great friends. But searching the web also left
me very depressed with all the negativity I found surrounding the disease. So much so
that I thought the adventurous life of traveling that I did before I became ill was over.
This negative view got reinforced when 3 months after surgery, I was back in the hospital
suffering from a flare up. After performing tests, they told me that I had active Crohn’s
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