12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 7

On the seventh day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...7 different doctors,

6 Remicade infusions,
5 fistulaaaaaaaaaa's,
4 kidney stones,
3 bone density tests,
2 peri-anal abscesses
and a painful colonoscopy.

12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 6

On the sixth day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...6 Remicade infusions,

5 fistulaaaaaaaaaa's,
4 kidney stones,
3 bone density tests,
2 peri-anal abscesses
and a painful colonoscopy.

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12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 5

On the fifth day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...5 fistulaaaaaaaaaa's,

4 kidney stones,
3 bone density tests,
2 peri-anal abscesses
and a painful colonoscopy.

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12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 4

On the fourth day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...4 kidney stones,

3 bone density tests,
2 peri-anal abscesses
and a painful colonoscopy.


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12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 3

On the third day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...3 bone density tests,

2 peri-anal abscesses,
and a painful colonoscopy.


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12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 2

On the second day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...2 peri-anal abscesses

and a painful colonoscopy.


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12 Days Of A Crohnie Christmas : Day 1

I normally do a Crohnie advent calendar, but this year, I'm doing a "12 days" instead.....

On the first day of Christmas, my Crohns Disease gave to me.........
...a painful colonoscopy.



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Struggling With Crohns ??

I get asked about how I handle having Crohn's.  The day to day, the not knowing, the pain, the frequent bathroom visits, the this, the that.
Honestly....sometimes I just want to sit and do nothing, but I know I have to get up and get going and not let the Crohn's take over.
In the beginning of my "journey" I just wanted to give up, but learned over time, that it's just one step at a time.  They are small steps, but steps all the same.
Or as this video shows.....one foot in front of the other.

http://youtu.be/OORsz2d1H7s

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Remicade : Day 497

I arrived for my infusion early, as I always do, but this time there was no one in front of me, so I got hooked up early.....awesome.
It's cold here so before I left, I heated up my hand and put gloves on.  Then when I arrived, I put my hand under a heating blanket....made my veins pop right out...awesome again.
Then I found out this infusion was lucky #13, so instead of bad or weird things happening, it was one of the best infusions.  No problem with the IV needle, quick infusion, no worries.


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Crohnie Quote Of The Day

You know your medication is expensive when even the pharmacist looks at the price and goes, "Whaaaaaaat??!!!"



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