Crohn's Disease

Everybody has a moment or two in their life that they will remember forever in perfect detail. For me the moments that I will remember for as long as I live are the times when, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, and tore my anterior cruciate ligament, or better known as ACL. The first life changing moment I had was when I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract that looks like little canker sores in your intestines. Unfortunately Crohn’s disease has no cure, but the symptoms can be treated. The symptoms of Crohn’s disease are mild or severe pain in the abdomen, joints, lower abdomen, or rectum, abdominal cramping or tenderness, and blood in stool. For me the

Luckily mom knows best, and saw the same signs in me as she did with my sister, and immediately took me to my sisters doctor, Doctor Arasu. And the next thing I knew I was getting ready for a colonoscopy. And my reaction was I am way too young to have a colonoscopy. I mean I have seen my dad do them and he was forty at the time. But the worst part about it was the preparation, and drinking the laxative mixed with Gatorade, was the worst combination I ever had, and cannot have Gatorade again without still tasting the laxative. Then after the operation I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in the summer of 2014. In my case I have mild Crohn’s in my rectum, large and small intestine, and throughout my digestive system. Unlike my sister who was also diagnosed with Crohn’s disease but like many people who have Crohn’s you can go years without knowing it, she however found out by going to the bathroom late at night found stool in her blood and was rushed to the hospital. The doctor said it was the worst case he has

Like many people I tore my ACL playing football, I was playing pickup football with friends and someone from behind picked my up and tried to throw me to the ground but, I was able to get my leg down to stand, then he tried it again and was able to get my leg down but my leg twisted and made a popping, and cracking sound, then next thing I knew I fell to the ground. At first I thought I cracked my knee, just like people crack their knuckles, I was getting rid of the air pockets between the bones. My friend asks me if I was alright, and I said I was fine and he helped me up, but then my right leg gives out and I fall down to the ground. And that is when I knew something was wrong, but all this time it was not painful, it only felt like I sprained my ankle. So I hopped off to the side of the field and waited for the game to be over and my friend drove me home. Then immediately when I got home like I do with all my other injuries I put it in a bucket of ice to reduce the swelling, and then went to bed to get ready for school in the morning. Then I wake up and go to the bathroom to take a shower and I already have one leg in and has I go to the get the other leg in I realize I cannot bend my leg to get it in the shower, I even had to call my mom to help me, but