Teens with Crohn's Online Support Group

Hey ya'll...

My Name is Daniel, I'm 17 and have Crohns disease.

I would just like to know if anyone else has these feelings...or if im just emotional...

Lifes tough for us whttp://www.mdjunction.com/forums/teens-with-crohns- discussions/general-support/func=post/do=replyith Crohns, or any disease for that matter.

I have trouble in school from crohns, my appearence is damaged from my meds and disease, and all my other general problems seem to double in power from my stress.

I feel that i can't compete with anyone thast I know...

Like non of my friends have my acne or other facial problems from crohns,

they all have more energy

all do better in school

i just feel at the bottom of the food chain and that its gotten to the point where i am barely holding onto my self esteem..

does anyone else feel this way??

id love to chat with some of you guys too!

I had been going to a support group but because of fincial issues (like chhasing debt status) we cant afford to drive for 2 hours a month to get there.

sorry for my complaining

i just feel, alone

hey, I know how you feel. I just was recently diagnosed and it is really difficult. I feel like my friends don't understand what I'm going through, but I think you just have to realize things could always get worse. You're living, so don't let things hold you back. Hopefully the side effects from the medication will alleviate. Hang in there!

i know how you feel a thousand times over. im 18 now, but was diagnosed when i was only 9 years old. for a while things were good, and i am thankful for that, but right now things suck. i just started college, and have had to go home every weekend so far. this is impacting my ability to make friends and i really feel alone. sitting in my dorm room by my self for hours on end can not be good for my sanity!

and that doesnt even start to cover the pain. if i have classes or places that i need to be i wont eat for fear of even worse pain. so some days i dont eat until 6 at night. and the shared bathrooms... well that is just a treat!

i know that this isnt uplifting at all, but i just needed to vent a little. all i can say is at least im not in the hospital, even if i have to drop out and move back home, things could get worse.

so i hope that you are having a better day today, and that you dont feel so alone, because i know how hard that is.

i am 15 and was diagnosed when i was 14. i am taking prednisone and i have the acne and the moon face and have gained a lot of weight because of the medication. i feel depressed also and have been hospitalized because of a flare up. i know it is hard an i dont really know what to do. i just want to be better but my GI is putting me on this diet which i know will make me go crazy. its 6 week of just a special shake and water. hang in there and trust me it could be worse.

i know how you feel im 14 and ive had i since i was 4, i never used to eat and got orced to go on modulan for 8 weeks seeing my mum and everyone eat infront of me destroyed me.. last year i had a bad flare up and in the ended up my only opition was a colostomy having this in a though my life would be great but my confidence was shattered, i hated it! now im getting used to it even hough ive had it a year i still struggle and would love someone to talk too!

Hi everyone I really need some help from you older teens. I am 13 years old and am about a head smaller than everyone in grade 8. I was diagnosed about a year ago, and it has been thought by my doctors that I have had if for 3 years before being diagnosed. This therefore delayed my growth. I have been on prednisone, but it never really works for a long time. Well what my question to you is how long did it take you to catch up with everyone? Am about 4.6 and i wish I could be at least 5.4. So if anyone could tell me it would be great cuz some days I feel like I'll be stuck in a 10 year olds body forever.

When I was first diagnosed at age 9, my doctors put me on a very low amount of azo. I was smaller for a while, but did eventually catch up. That is to say I reached my full 5 foot 5 inches stature. So at 19 I am still on the shorter side, and would love to be just a few inches taller so that I dont have to buy the jeans labeled "short", but i have just accepted that this is, and will forever more be my height.

People grow at different rates, but most will hit a growth spurt somewhere between 13 and 18 years old, so there is still hope for you!!

As melodramatic as it sounds I don't feel like anybody quite understands whats going on with me. I already have horrible self esteem and being labeled as a sick person certainly doesn't help. My lower bowel is so inflamed it looks like a beer belly hanging over my jeans and i don't feel comfortable in any of my clothes or my own skin. I suffer from depression and pretty severe anxiety as well as crohn's, i was having a difficult enough time trying to cope with those 2 things! This is so hard, I really just want it all to stop.....