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dreamer_easy) wrote2009-12-30 06:39 pm
dreamer_easy) wrote2009-12-30 06:39 pm
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People with Crohn's disease do not have reduced life expectancy.
I know what the hell is wrong with me now, so, yesterday, I bought a book about it. In the past when I've read about IBD it hasn't been at all helpful, just terrifying. Now I can see what applies to me and what doesn't, what's going on in there and what isn't.
When I was 18 I thought I was going to die and I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop ever since. I have told myself for most of my life that I'm never going to reach old age. But the thing is:
People with Crohn's disease do not have reduced life expectancy.
On average. Thanks to modern medical treatments. The illness does predispose you to cancer, but - I have to check with the specialist about this - I think mine is actually in the wrong part of the innertube to have that effect.
Of course, I also have diabetes and depression, either of which could total me. Staying alive and whole is still going to take plenty of work. But:
People with Crohn's disease do not have reduced life expectancy.
*steps outside and is run over by a bus*
I know what the hell is wrong with me now, so, yesterday, I bought a book about it. In the past when I've read about IBD it hasn't been at all helpful, just terrifying. Now I can see what applies to me and what doesn't, what's going on in there and what isn't.
When I was 18 I thought I was going to die and I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop ever since. I have told myself for most of my life that I'm never going to reach old age. But the thing is:
People with Crohn's disease do not have reduced life expectancy.
On average. Thanks to modern medical treatments. The illness does predispose you to cancer, but - I have to check with the specialist about this - I think mine is actually in the wrong part of the innertube to have that effect.
Of course, I also have diabetes and depression, either of which could total me. Staying alive and whole is still going to take plenty of work. But:
People with Crohn's disease do not have reduced life expectancy.
*steps outside and is run over by a bus*
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The down side is that she does live on a cocktail of drugs, which constantly change as the doctors adjust them to try and minimise the side effects. There are other 'lifestyle' modifications, the graphic details of which you would not thank me for - but yes, she's alive, kicking and has a social life.
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Just stay away from those danged buses!
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Damn! That means I've just missed one. =:o{
Apart from that... Good news! =:o}
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*performs dance of joy and congratulatons*
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*steps outside and is run over by a bus*
This bit made me laugh far more than it should have.
Anyway, I'm thrilled to hear there's good news about your diagnosis, admittedly for not entirely unselfish reasons...speaking as someone who's only had a tenative diagnosis and is still in 'omg what's wrong with my guts why aren't they working???' mode, I'm hopeful that there's yet a firm 'this is what it is, and this is what we do about it' in my future. :)
Do share if you get any good coping/dietary tips, yeah?
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I'm on Immodium for the urgency and Colofac for the cramping. Both of them are working very well, with only the odd conniption.
I have a no fly list of foods I really oughtn't eat - I'm going to have to experiment a bit and see if they're still a problem. (Red capsicum, dried apple, TVP... omg I'm not brave enough to try oyster mushrooms ever again.)
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Did you get the message about New Year's at our place?
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