My whole family was on edge and all I could do was sleep. I was so tired. I didn’t have the energy to move. Monday came, I went to work with the idea when I got the call I would leave to call them back at home. I got the call at 10 am and…
Tag: crohnic illness
PET Scan Day
PET scan day: My anxiety is at an all-time high. Tears, yelling, shaking, and racing, and whatever else I can think of. I didn’t sleep and have the worst shoulder back pain ever. Prep work; Thankfully, there is little prep for this procedure. 12 hours before, don’t eat any sugars or carbs. The other big…
Finding Out I Need a PET Scan
Since late December, I have been dealing with my throat issues. I had this horrible pain and sore throat feeling. I ended up having this inflamed abscess on my tonsil, so they thought. I ended up in the er, thinking it needed to be drained. When they did a CT scan, they told me it…
Fistula, Fistula, Wherefore Art Thou Fistula!
Possible small bowl issues/ fistula— is the new story of my life! Well not really new, its been almost TWO years of this! So, I did a few stool test and they came back okay- all within normal markers but I am still feeling sick and my local GI agreed with my Mississippi GI, to…
In Other Health News….
This was a lot easier to share in a video then it has been to write down. I feel like every time I put I tried to put it into words I started to cry or my anxiety got worse. During this time, I have spent a lot of time thinking about how unfair life…
Weight loss & AIP
What have I been doing to drop the pounds!?!?! Just diet! I have not been feeling well enough to do much of anything. I have been my spirt animal = SLOTH! I have been resting and sleeping when I am not at work or playing my daughter. My parents have been amazing with daughter and…
Infection 2019
The last half of this year has been really testing my fears. One of my biggest fears is dying of an infection that is antibiotic resistant and I have been septic TWO different times since September. I have been getting UTI’s that just don’t seem to go away and don’t respond to any mix of…
When my Crohns world turned upside down
I have had a very tough battle with this illness. I have had to leave my town and seek more specialized treatment because no doctor knew what to do with me. The only thing they did was add more drugs to me and I was just getting sicker and sicker at 17-19 years old. My…
Tattoo Idea
I want to get another tattoo ( I have a small semicolon by scars on my stomach but I want to get two tiny hearts over my picc line scars on my arm. Those scars saved my life. I was feed through my pic line for 14 hours out of the day for about 6…
My Gut Reaction 