On January 10, 2018, I walked out of the fifth floor building, alone and confused.
How could someone who grew up active and healthy be diagnosed with an incurable disease?
Healthy and incurable were not two words Id expect to find in a sentence together.
Crohns Disease is an autoimmune disorder that targets your bowel and digestive tract.
This disease can be treated with biologic medications via infusion or injection.
While everyone that experiences this disease may shows similar signs, everyone responds differently.
I knew we werent going to be looking at a new medication.
From your career choice, to your daily activities and hobbies, to your relationships.
This procedure will give you back your quality of life.
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I held on to that hope for weeks and months of healing and adjusting.
Everything hurt but in a new way, in a way that felt temporary.
Change can be scary, especially for the one receiving it.
It can be daunting learning something new.
It can be hard seeing your body permanently altered.
It can be frustrating looking sick when you actually feel better than when you didnt look sick.
In the moment, it may feel impossible, it may flip life as you know it upside down.
I was and still am so blessed to have come so far in my journey with Crohns.
