It's a pain in the ass

You know, I've had Crohn's for a long time now, too long, you might say, and I can put up with alot of things.  And I have. 

1.  The abdominal pains, of course, in the beginning were very painful, quite painful, frequent and above all, irritating.
2.  Going to the bathroom all the time.  It got to the point where I stopped eating, just to avoid going to the bathroom.  Not very smart, I know, but when you start setting up the bathroom like a living area, to the point where you are basically living in the bathroom, not eating seemed, at the time, unimportant.
3.  Not eating your favorite things.  I miss(ed) ice cream, chocolate, dairy, popcorn, pop, juice (and ironically, I should be drinking raspberry or cranberry juice for my kidneys), tea, turkey, a simple salad, etc etc etc.
4.  Frequent hospital visits.  From surgeries to dehydration to kidney stones.....I almost had my own room in the hospital, I was there so many times.
5.  Knowing where every store, gas station or restaurant with a washroom is within a 50 km radius.
6.  Trying to explain "it" to others.  Why are you away so much?  What's wrong with you?  Why don't you eat more?  Come on, have a drink, don't be a "woman", and my personal favorite, You don't look sick?  And yes, these ARE some of the things I hear or have heard.  It got to the point where you want to say,
"You know what?, Fuck off!!"

Now, like I said, I can handle most things, but to this point, after 20+ years of Crohn's and everything that's happened to me and affected me (and my family), I'm getting sick and tired of the pain after frequent visits to the bathroom.  When you "go" up to 3-4 times in an hour, your ass is just screaming to you, "Awww, c'mon!! not again!!!!"  My saving grace?  My family knows, and my U.K. family knows too.....GERMOLINE!!!  Put that on, while my ass is screaming at me.....it's like "Ahhhhhhh, thanks mate"

So, to sum up.....Crohn's? bad!  Germoline? good!

Web Site

Found a new website I saw as a commercial on tv

http://www.knowcrohns.com/

Filtered Water

So, the past week or so, I've been having ab pain, but I couldn't figure out why.  Other than the fact I have Crohn's of course ha ha ha, but anyway, I switched to a liquid diet like I usually do, as that helps calm down my intestines.  Now, I have been drinking filtered water since I was diagnosed, on the advice of my doctor, which is fine ( I use Brita).  So, I have been drinking like crazy during this flare up as it normally helps, but not this time.  I took a closer look at my Brita filter......the filter expired a few weeks prior.  I thought tho myself, "Self, it coulnd't possibly be that simple".  I went and bought some new filters, popped one in and by the next day......pain subsided.  Coincidence?  Maybe.....but something to think about.

Coughing

Turns out, having a cough can aggrivate your Crohn's.  Hmmm...well, I've had this cough from a cold, for about two weeks and at the same time, my Crohn's goes active after months on nothingness.  Thankfully, the cough is going, but now it's gotten to the point, it hurts to cough.  My insides I mean.  You don't realize how much you use your abs when you cough, until they hurt!  I feel a NyQuil night coming on....

Discovery...??

I think I've discovered why I was getting bloated and gassy....I now have a cold.  I've noticed it before as well.  Whenever I have a cold coming on, my insides start doing flip flops.  Almost like my Crohn's is telling me that I'm about to get sick.  Coughing is the worst, hurts my abs.  Oh well, just something else to put up with for awhile, until the next thing comes along.

You Got That Bloating Feeling....

Gas.  Not good for alot of things, but in a Crohn's patient, it's hell.  Hurts too, especially when your 4 year old jumps on your stomach...nice!  Don't know what I ate or did that caused it, haven't done anything different.  Whatever I did, I'm paying for it now!

Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to everyone

What To Do, What To Do....

How can you write about something regarding Crohn's if you're feeling fine.  Hmmmm...I haven't had long stretches of remission in a long time, well actually, Never!  I mean I do have days where I'm just completely worn out tired, but is that from the Crohn's or is that from work?  I haven't had any real "pain", just a feeling of being uncomfortable.
Well, I guess I shouldn't complain, eh

Long Time No See

Finally got to get together with a friend of mine whom I've been friends with since the first grade.  That's 38 years!  Also met his new wife, who's very nice, and her daughter from another marriage, who's also very nice..  And got to see his two kids whom I havent seen in 8 years.  Boy! Kids grow up fast!!  His family got to meet my wife and kids and we had a nice lunch together.  It was funny, his wife mentioned that she was beginning to wonder if I even existed!  hahahaha.
Nice time had by all I think.  Next we'll have to have them over to our house.
Thanks guys!!

OUCH!

Hot and sunny yesterday.  Went out on painted the front trim, posts and front door (5 hours) and looks great, but got a burn on my back from doing it.  Lots of fun, now I have to go to work, should be an interesting day, seeing I work outside and its going to be sunny again.  Wish me luck!