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Posted 6/5/2010 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone, I'm new and just wanted to introduce myself.

I'm 23, Married, and have a wonderful 3 y/o little girl.

I got diagnosed 3 years ago, but obviously had had it for at least 9-10 years before, just thought I was "weird" and ignored all the stuff going on with me until I couldn't anymore.

I've been fighting to get to remission ever since, nothing has really worked yet :(

just got fired from my job in March from being sick just weeks after buying a house, skull

Just trying to find some poeple like me to feel like I'm not alone with this, thanks everyone!

Tara

Posted 6/5/2010 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome!  This is a great place filled with LOTS of people who understand!
Posted 6/5/2010 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
hey tara, welcome to this forum, lots of smart people here, I lost my job,(the one with ins.) due to my cd, I had called in sick a lot and finally they were watching me, hopeing that I would do something wrong, and i did, which was due to the med's I was on, so yea you are not alone, I applied for ssdi, but I will be 60 this month and I have had cd for 40 years, many surgeries, a few obstructions which led to surgery. I go see a shrink today that ssdi is sending me to before they deem me 100% disabled. then at least i will get medicare ins.good luck to you in finding remission, i had surgically induced remission a few times

Posted 6/5/2010 10:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, Tara! Sounds like you're in some dire straits... Have you gotten a new job... or is your husband or anyone helping you out with the whole house situation? I mean... I imagine ya still have to make payments and pay utilities and such...
Posted 6/6/2010 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
hey Tara.. welcome to the group... I also lost my job..my fmla ran out and they released me...

so sorry you have to be here but this is a great group...we will survive this together...

hugs.
Posted 6/6/2010 5:53 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Tara! I was so moved by your story I made this my first post ever.

I'm 29 and a male. I don't even know if I have Crohn's, only that I have a fistula leading from my Small intestines to Bowel. I go into Surgery June 15th for a Bowel Resection. I pretty much have lost my job as I will be out another whole chunk for recovery that they won't tolerate. I was 2 months shy of being able to have health insurance through my job so the 2 three day hospitalizations mixed with abscess aspiration and when it recurred I had a drain installed (Today marked 42 days of living with this) are all uninsured, so I understand how heavy this can seem.

My only advice is seek the comfort of friends and family. I am desperately trying to do the same but I have had so many of them leave this town. Please Tara try to keep your chin up, I believe positive thinking is one of our best defenses against the malaise of any chonic disease.

My heart goes out to you and your family.
Posted 6/6/2010 9:10 AM (GMT 0)
Welcome! This is a great forum with lots of information and people who really care!
Posted 6/6/2010 10:23 AM (GMT 0)
Hey! Tara, Welcome aboard to this fab forum you will get lots of friendly advise and support here. Bev x smilewinkgrin
Posted 6/6/2010 2:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Tara and FogoverLA welcome to the best Crohns forum out there, only sorry you both have to be here. You will find alot of support here so stick around, you just may make some new and understanding friends here. Hugs!
Posted 6/7/2010 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you everyone for all the replies and support!! Yes my husband uses everything he makes for everything, and still have to go to my Mom & Dad on top of that( which I HATE)

I had been trying to go to get my RN, I was a Nurse Aide when I got fired, which with the Chron's and the Arthritis that has now come with it, I guess I can no longer do that, I can't squat, or lift or do any of the things I did before, I just got certified in Phebotomy, so hopefully I can get a new job I can actually do? I hope?!

My husband doesn't get insurance yet with his job, he just went from contract to full time and won't be eligible for another few months. So mom & dad are paying for my COBRA, that stuffs expensive!!! and I can't have a lapse with a pre-existing condition, so I have no choice...

Again, thanks everyone!!! smilewinkgrin

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