Down with the Sickness

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  • AboutWho am I?  That’s a very good question. So who am I – really?  That’s a remarkably good question – and one I have only just been able to answer myself. I am a daughter, a sister, a friend and a foe.  I am a lover, a fiancè, a home owner and a mortgage holder.  I am an employee, a manager, a marketer and a graphic artist.  I am a gothic, a groupie and occasionally a weirdo.  I am a writer, a reader and my own worst critic.  I am also chronically ill.  I have Ileocolic, stricturing Crohns disease. I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease on the 28th of April 2010 – after a long struggle with bowl obstructions and a history with the disease dating back up to 20 years. Since my dignosis I am desperatly trying to find balance between all these different aspects of me. My history with the disease As I mentioned above – I have only relatively recently found out the name for the sickness which has been my silent companion for many years.  Doctors now believe that I have had the disease since about the age of 7 – when large ulcers started to…
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29Dec 2011

Long in the tooth…

By Amanda 29 Dec 2011 0 The Real Life, The Sickness ALP, Amoxicillin forte, antibiotics, blood tests, bowel Permalink 0

My health spiral can be tracked back to the wisdom tooth I had extracted on the 2nd of November this year. I knew it had the potential to throw things even more out of wack than what they were, but I was fast running out of options. I had been having a debate with my ...

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24Apr 2011

… just like… pulling teeth.

By Amanda 24 Apr 2011 0 The Real Life, The Sickness acid wear, anit-biotic's, apprehension, Care Plan, Colonyl Permalink 0

For about 6 years I have believed that I would need all four of my wisdom teeth out.  For 6 years I have managed to have more important things to do with the $3000 I would require for dental surgery on that scale. Since finalising my care plan and finding a dentist operating under it, I ...

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05Apr 2011

My breaking point

By Amanda 05 Apr 2011 0 The Sickness bowel obstruction, Care Plan, chronic illness, corticosteroids, crohn's related weight loss Permalink 0

Its been a hard week... and on Sunday night... I snapped. It was due to many things - probably most notably the fact I had been ill since before Christmas with almost no reprieve.  In fact... it appears to the casual observer that I am getting worse. I am at the limit of what conventional ...

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