My crohns

Hi there peeps. In my last blog i promised you that i would tell you what is going on with me. Well as you know i went to my specialist due to all the pain i have been getting lately, he told me that i would have to have a calprotectin faecal test and the outcome of this test would decide whether i would have a colonoscopy test, he has also put me as an urgent case and have informed me that i also have colitis (i will discuss this in a next blog). So i did my poop test and a few days later i received a letter asking for me to book for a colonoscopy test so this is where i am at, at the moment. While recieving this news, i feel pretty annoyed and worried, even though i have had 3 colonoscopies before its the whole procedure of going through a colonscopy. In the UK, the NHS gives people who need a colonoscopy will be given a medicine called either Moviprep or Kleanprep which as it says make you flush your guts out and sometimes can make you vomit loads. So thats it for now, i was...

This blog i will show you what Crohns disease looks like at a normal, microscopic and various levels. Please do not look at this while eating as it may put you off!! (scroll down to see the rest) As you can see each picture isn't the same. This is because each case of Crohns Disease is completely different this makes it very hard for the specialists, doctors, researchers and nurses to calm the symptoms down. This picture shows Crohns disease on a microscopic level where a knife like, fissuring ulcer is happening in someones intestinal area. As you can see this is a CT Scan which every patient who has this done will have to drink a Barium flow which lines the Digestive tract with a chalky paste that lines up the walls and as the arrow points on the right image shows where inflammation is at. Now your probably thinking why i have added this picture because you can never tell who has Crohns Disease, it doesn't show on the outside, unl...

Being around with someone with Crohns whether they are your friend, family member or just a loved one can be just as hard as having Crohns itself, so in this post i am going to help you how to support someone with Crohns. Is that all your eating? Previous experience whilst out eating with family and friends, is that the constant comment of when you finish eating even though your plate is still half stacked with food. This is not our fault that suddenly we are not hungry enough to eat a full meal, somedays we can surprise you and eat like a pig but most days we wont. (ooh maple syrup!!!) Also, with the subject of eating, its very hard for a Crohnie to know what they can't or can eat for example you search many sites on the internet and they all tell you different foods you can or cant eat but they arent all the same foods. Great advice for you wonderful sufferers out there start making a food plan on what foods trigger and what foods are safe to eat. You look fine! When ...

I know this maybe a waste of a post but i would like to say a very big THANK YOU to everyone who have came up to me to praise me for my two posts, it has really inspired me to do more and i wouldn't of done it without the support you girls and guys have given me expect more serious but also funny posts in the future. Once again you girls and guys are the reason i am doing this without you i wouldnt do it, at first i thought this was stupid to do but you have showed me that its not THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART (AND MY GUTS!!!) Nath

First of all i would like to say thank you to everyone who read my first blog and also encouraged me to carry on with it. So with Crohns Disease it is not as easy to say what symptoms, side effects and complications you have as each person is effected differently, so what i will do is put down the whole list and tell you lovely peeps on which ones i get (this may get update in the future depending on and if i get any feedback or any news): Diarrhoa - This could include blood, mucus and pus. Cramping pains in the abdomen - Now this pain is far worse than any other pain that i personally experienced, it feels like someone just rammed their hand into your belly and start grabbing everything. Tiredness and fatigue - This can be due to the illness, from anaemia, the medication that you are on or just from the lack of sleep due to going to the toilet or having to put up with the pain every now and then. Feeling unwell - Due to having a low immune system or from taking medication, a ...

Hi my name is Nath and yes i am fortunate to have an illness called crohns disease which not many people know about and with many people that have this illness, they dont like to talk about it much due to what it can do, which i will get to later on. First i would like to tell you a little bit of my story. When i was 16, i began to feel unwell such as extreme tiredness, weight loss, loss of blood through the anus, loss of appetite like i wouldnt eat much the whole day and the worst was belly pain.  When all of this happened i kept this to myself as i was embarressed to say anything to anyone and struggled abit until one day i woke up with my bottom lip clustered with ulcers which made my bottom lip look huge which was hard to hide this. By this time, i couldnt stand my belly pain as i would curl up on the sofa which my parents called the NHS helpline to see if i needed to go to hospital, they said that i had a bug that would go after 5 days. After those 5 days i was still suffe...