ahhhh the growing resentment

It must really suck to be young and have UC. Teens and kids can be very cruel. However, you have a built in jerk detector. If you loose your so called "friends" because you are sick, well, they were never real friends. I personally do not like talking about my colitis very often and just to close friends but that's just me. I get angry sometimes when my husband talks to others about my disease as if I am not even there. He is getting better per my request that he not talk about my illness to others. If I want to talk about it, I will. I am a lot older than many on this forum. Believe me, when you get to be my age, and you will, everybody will be talking about their health problems!

 Sometimes I guess when people compare minor illnesses to UC, they just don't understand. They may not even mean anything by it. I am very grateful for this forum and I know others are too for more reasons than I could list here.

Animals just love you no matter what my husband calls the cat dr scatt and the dog nurse misty when im bad as one lays by my side and the other at my feet i think they just know its the only time they stay together.

my cat also stayed next to me when i was really sick too!!!

he would lay on bed with me all day or come to the loo with me and sit at my feet when i was pooping.

cats are sooo cool and in touch. i luv it. made me feel so much better since hubby was at work all day, kitty was my mate the whole time. followed me everywhere.

I'm with you Ack! My hubby, son AND daughter are allergic to cats.......so for me it's family, cat, family, cat........LOL

I know people don't understand it.  I know that before this all hit, I sure wouldn't understand why, without food poisoning, you would need to be next to a bathroom all day!  I explain to people that I have an ulcer issue.  That is something that most people seem familiar with.  When they ask why I can't eat something, I tell them, its my ulcers acting up.  If they pursue it farther than that, I saw my ulcers aren't in my stumach, they are in my colon, its an auto immune disease similar to Chron's.  Again, everyone seems to understand that.  Very few people out there have had contact with UC and the majority know nothing about it.  I try to keep closer to home with relating it to issues that more people understand. 

hope it helps!! 

ack2009, maybe a hairless kitty? lol, they look ugly but I'm sure they're just as sweet. But I guess it'd still have dandruff? I dunno. Dogs are good too. But my German Shephard takes up too much space in the bathroom XD