#microscopic colitis

I have a friend who has microscopic colitis. She got it after being sick with a virus.

Me, everyday always

Inflammatory Bowel Disease life

Hi everyone! I went for an MRI on my spine yesterday and my Sacroiliac joints. I must say out of all the MRIs I've ever had, this was the worst as my head was in a "cage" and I had to lie for an hour completely still. I was very uncomfortable and sore on the table too, but it is over now and nothing compared to a colonoscopy! Oddly I've started to compare everything negative in my life with a colonoscopy! I won't get the results of the scan until next month and they wouldn't let me see it. I was so excited to see my spine! So here is hoping my ankylosing spondylitis hasn't got worse. However I feel within myself it has as I'm always in a lot of pain especially in the morning. In my personal life I guess everything is going ok. I'm still living with my Dad, which has its ups and downs. I'm very much used to living on my own with the dogs and my own space and so is he. So I'm finding that very difficult. However financially it's brilliant as he can support me. Which I feel guilty about but there is nothing I can do to help now in my current financial situation. I hate what my chronic illnesses have put me through. Most other young women my age have kids, a house, a husband/wife etc. Yeah and I'm still at home living of my parents. But I'm still alive and I have that to be thankful for. This June I finish my under graduate degree in human anatomy and that has been my reason to keep fighting for many years and I'm so proud of myself for even considering continuing studying with my health. I'm only fit for one day a week and after many years I've finally got there. However, now the plan was to go on and study medicine but I know that I will never be physically fit to do that as we are taking 16 hour shifts in the hospital 5 times a week until I get established, which would be about 7 years from now. So I need to decide between a masters in my field or perhaps teaching. Either way I need to continue studying to get a job. I don't know if I will get funded or not and if I don't I will have to get a job somehow, which probably hasn't got anything to do with my career whatsoever. I find myself getting anxious over all these decisions and feeling a little lost and overwhelmed. I'm also still on the dating scene and I'm seeing a guy now who has just been amazing, but I haven't told him about my chronic Illnesses yet and I don't know how to tell him. The last guy I dated ran a mile after I told him! If I was in the other shoes I don't see how it could change my feelings or attraction to another person. It gets me down that we are judged on our illnesses. Anyway there is a wee update on me and my life. I hope everyone is doing as well as can be. Much love Crohns girl in pain Xox