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Originally posted by kmanrox
what is crohns disease?
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A chronic form of inflammatory bowel disease. Crohn's disease causes severe irritation in the gastrointestinal tract. It usually affects the lower small intestine (called the ileum) or the colon, but it can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract.
For me, it means I can't really go anywhere when I'm in a flare-up, because when I have to go, I have to go RIGHT-FUCKING-NOW. The pain when my bowels are in spasms is just excruciating...it's like someone is digging around in my guts with a rusty garden trowel or a big meathook or something. I have to be careful what I eat, because stuff with seeds or fibers makes me suffer with cramping and -- to be perfectly frank -- the most horribly painful squirts.
It's embarrassing and people just don't want to hear about it or they make jokes about it...I hate having to explain why I can't go somewhere or stay on the phone or something...what am I gonna say? "Sorry, I can't go to the park because I might have to take a shit in a hurry" or "Excuse me, I have to go curl up in a ball while I shit my intestines out and cry, okay? See ya later!"
Anyway, that's Crohn's disease. Aren't you glad you asked?
