Being admitted I was admitted to hospital on March 15th, 2019 for my first ever surgery. Even the journey to the hospital was a nightmare. I felt like I’d reached an all-time low with my internal symptoms, and my extra-intestinal symptoms had also reached rock bottom. The erythema nodosum which I had suffered from soContinue reading “Surgery, Anaphylaxis and Ustekinumab.”
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Clinical Trials, Abscesses and Fistulas.
Clinical trial enrolment In late December 2018, I began the process of entering a clinical trial for a new biologic called Risankizumab. The first thing anyone looking to enrol in a trial will likely have to do is a “washout period”, basically where you stop taking all other treatments for about 6-8 weeks to ensureContinue reading “Clinical Trials, Abscesses and Fistulas.”
My Crohn’s Diagnosis.
Falling ill So, as I sit on my bed writing this I am realising that it has been over 8 years since my journey with Crohn’s began. I had only just turned 12 years old when I first fell ill and honestly, as sad as it sounds, I cannot remember what it feels like toContinue reading “My Crohn’s Diagnosis.”
Me and My Crohn's 