Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
Hi Guys,
I was in remission for three years then a mate sudenly passed away from a heart attack and I lost a big client at my work.
The combo of both were very stressful to take. I was under a lot of fincancial pressure and then started thinking about life and death etc. especially as my mate was just a year older than me.
It's made me think how big a role does stress play in UC. I first started suffering when I was very stressed doing exams in university .
Did a stressful event of some sort in your life cause your UC?
Cheers,
Jon
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
I've been well for many years since my diagnosis of CD and subsequent resection 20 years ago. This year I've had to deal with deciding to move back to my home province KZN (1600km away) leaving my adult son and my husband to live and work in Cape Town. I was very unhappy there and moving back home to our own house had been an absolute joy.
However the packing and organising and finding the men another house was physically hard and stressful. Our home and garden to which I was moving back had been trashed by the tenant and the fleas!!!!!!!! Even on the lawns ... the tenant chopped down and even burned mature trees in my garden. I was devastated.
So what with that and a small lump in my breast and a manky hip which just about gave out from all the labour I suddenly experienced cramps and tenderness and bloating. It's scary isn't it?
I've just had a CT scan because my gastroenterologist felt a vague lump on my colon. On Monday I'm have a colonoscopy.
This flare up must have been brought about by all the stress of the year.
I'm very thankful to have such an excellent specialist caring for me. His practice and the hospital he operates in are about 50km away which is nothing.
There are no support groups like this in SA that I know of probably because our population is much smaller than that of the USA. So I am thrilled to meet you all and I have learned so much from your posts. The day to day symptoms and feelings that I didn't even realise were part of my Crohn's.
Wishing you all well from a wintery Hilton --- Louise Benson.
So it was there all along and I didn't know.