If anyone has not heard of the band SonicFlood I encourage you to look them up and hear the singer's story. He was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 11 and went through it all. I wont spoil the ending for you, but here's a video that tells it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh2txCYoTu0It means so much to me that this story was told years ago when I saw them in concert, long before I was diagnosed, and after all these years for some reason with as bad as my memory is, I can still remember it. I encourage you all to watch and see his story.