My Crohns Life: Fun Facts

Since my diagnosis, I have been a "professional sick person" and living with Crohn's disease for approximately:

34 years, 4 months and 23 days

that's...

412 months and 23 days...

1794 weeks and 5 days...

12,563 days...

301,512 hours...

18,090,720 minutes...

1,085,443,200...201...202...203 seconds

Furthermore, the earth is 24,902 miles. If you walk an average of 3 mph, it would take you 8300 hours if you didn't stop and you kept up that pace. That's 345 days.  (Quora.com)

So, having said all that and factoring in those facts, if I started walking around the world the first day I was diagnosed, I would have gone around 36 times by now! 

Things that make you go, hmmmmm.

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You Might Be a Crohnie If...

 If you begin to panic when your supply of toilet paper drops below 10 rolls

...you might be a Crohnie.

You May Be An Ostomate If...

 If you subconsciously check your bag while driving through the country because of the pungent air

...you might be an ostomate

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You May Be An Ostomate If....

 If you say "Ahhhhhhhh...." when taking off your ostomy belt when you get home from work

...you may be an ostomate. 

You May Be An Ostomate If...

 If airport security asks, "Can I look in your bag?" and you lift your shirt

...you may be an ostomate.

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All Together Now

 If you would like to read all my "You Might Be a Crohnie" lines, they are all on one page.

From the main page, click on the "You Might Be a Crohnie" tab, or click here:

You Might Be a Crohnie

See how many you can relate to 😁

You Might Be a Crohnie If...

 If the doctor asks to see your medical file, and you ask "which volume?"

... you might be a Crohnie

Crohnie Quote of the Day

 "You are more capable than you know"

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Crohnie Quote of the Day

 It's okay NOT to be okay.

Crohnie Quote of the Day

"You don't need to be perfect, just be better than you were yesterday"

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Crohnie Quote of the Day

I am NOT defined by my illness. 

I am WHO I am because of my illness. 

I am WHERE I am because of it..

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada

There are 270,000 people living with IBD (Inflammatory bowel disease) in Canada.

That's 1 in every 132

That's too many.

Crohnie Quote of the Day

"When a person with IBD says they are having a "shitty" day, they could mean it figuratively AND literally at the same time"

Around the World....33 times

Following up on my last post with the amount of time I have lived with Crohn's disease, here's something interesting...

The earth is 24,902 miles. If you walk an average of 3 mph, it would take you 8300 hours if you didn't stop and you kept up that pace. That's 345 days.  (Quora.com)

So, going back to my previous numbers and factor in those facts, if I started walking around the world the first day I was diagnosed, I would have gone around 33 times by now! 

Another fun fact brought to you by.... well.... for know other reason than to go "hmmmm"

Yesterday....All My Troubles Seem So Far Away

Seems like yesterday anyway, but since my diagnosis, I have been a "professional sick person" and living with Crohn's disease for:

31 years, 2 months and 23 days

that's...

374 months and 23 days...

1629 weeks and 3 days...

11,406 days...

273,744 hours...

16,424,640 minutes...

985,478,400...401...402...403... seconds

So... to sum up.... a really, REALLY long time!!

If you can't already tell, it's a little slow at work today. 😆

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Crohnie Quote of the Day

The following quote has to do with all chronic illness sufferers, no matter what the disease.
We are all told that we "are strong", or that we are "the strongest people they know" which is great, but we all don't feel that way sometimes. Then I heard this quote...

"People want to have something positive to say. They want to tell you how strong you are and how you need to fight. But, they don't know how hard it is and how you basically never feel strong.
But you deal with all this awful stuff and you feel helpless, sad, but you keep trying"

I don't know who said it or wrote it, but it's true.

You Might Be A Crohnie....

If you get excited when you have a "semi formed" bowel movement
.... you might be a Crohnie

Crohnie Quote of the Day

I don't look sick...

                              You don't look stupid...

... looks can be deceiving

Crohnie Facts Of The Day

Crohn's Disease is SOOOO much more than just a "pooping" disease.
It can also lead to problems with:

Abscess's
Fissures
Fistula's
Malnutrition
Strictures
Arthritis
Bone loss
Vitamin deficiencies
Skin
Eye's
Kidney's
Liver
Development

Not to mention the mental health problems associated with some, if not all, of these.

Crohnie Quote of the Day