Enzo and Crohn’s Disease
- by Judi on Jan 11, 2008
I was just going to introduce Enzo our newest addition to the family (as of October).. he’s a 6th month old italian greyhound… he’s my little love, my little snuggler.. he’s a thief.. full of energy and orneriness.. loving, caring… and he’s best known around the house as the “pooping machine”.. ( (you see.. iggy’s are notoriously difficult to house train.. adding insult to injury, Enzo cannot eat anything other than dog food (and don’t even think about switching up the dog food!), otherwise, his poor system gets all out of whack and we end up with 20 piles of nasty poopies in about 6 hours time - that’s TOO much! - oh.. sorry.. did I share too much?… it’s gets better..) )
Just as I was about to share Enzo (altho if you are a semi-frequent visitor here, you have probably seen his picture in my flickr bar).. I started to get sick (as in toss my dinner)… Now.. my whine.. I was diagnosed with crohn’s disease about May 2006.. but I started getting very sick around January of that same year.. so sick, I was losing weight (20 pounds - know me in person? I can’t afford that!), in so much pain.. but without insurance, it’s hard to get much done.
Thanks to my mom, I got the main test done to confirm that yes, I really have crohn’s disease (and apparently it was pretty bad - according to the dr, as if I didn’t know that, lol).. so now I’m on meds (that cost a fortune!).. but over the holidays I switched (per dr) to a different med, one that is much cheaper.. within just a few short weeks I was feeling like I did last January.. so much pain.. and now it’s taking time to get back to where I was around Thanksgiving time…
My whine tonight was feeling sorry for myself.. I hate feeling so sick.. I hate this pain.. but I’m not going to whine.. I’m ok. I haven’t shared much about the crohn’s in the past year.. I don’t know why. I will, I should, I guess?
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6 Responses for "Enzo and Crohn’s Disease"
I don’t have Crohn’s but I’ve read a lot about it and it doesn’t sound fun at all. I had a son who was diagnosed with Short Bowel Syndrome and I frequented a lot of blogs and such searching for info…I came across a lot of people suffering from Crohn’s also so I bet the symptoms are similar…I’m sorry you have to deal with it but you certainly have a positive attitude which I’m sure makes a huge difference!
Hi…Congrats on your new edition! I’m an animal person and always have had pets. Now my baby is a 120lb Black Lab/Shep. Did you rescue Enzo?
Anyway, I was really commenting on the Crohn’s part of your post. I know ALL about living with this disease. I don’t have it, but my son does. Diagnosed at 18 (now 30) and believe me, he’s gone thru alot- and me too. He was 185 lbs, went down to under 125. I can share tips (crock pot) and tell you what has helped him during these years. Please feel free to write…andrea@acassociatesusa.com
He used to take 16 pills a day (pentaza) and now he refuses to take any RX. He was in remission for 7 years, but it surfaced again 2 years ago. I can share what we did to get him thru it.
I’m sorry you’re going thru this and I hope it goes right into remission for you.
This is an awful, painful and at times embarrassing disease. I wish ‘they’ would come up with a cure…
Take care
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First, I wanted to say thank you for your nice comment on my blog. I wanted to send my love to Enzo, what a cutie!!
I had an intestinal scare for a year - and because I also did not have insurance I had to just deal with it, all the while worrying it was Crohn’s - thankfully it was not to my surprise. I wish you well, I hope it goes into remission so you can go back to a normal comfortable life.
Take Care, Lisa
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He’s so cute!!
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It’s perfectly normal to get down every now and then when you have a chronic condition… just keep fighting to make your down days the exception, and not the norm!
Try to keep your chin up. Best of luck to you!
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I feel for you being in pain all of the time. I have been battling IBS for most of my life and know how it can bring you down. On the days when I am wracked with pain I try to look at it as pain being a weakness leaving my body, and try to think about only the good stuff. Good luck. Laurie
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