According to
Wikipedia, a Crone is an old
woman. In some stories, she is disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner,
often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either
helpful or obstructing. The Crone is also an archetypal figure, a Wise Woman
Also according to Wikipedia, Crohn’s Disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect
any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide
variety of symptoms.
It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea
(which may be bloody if inflammation is at its worst), vomiting
(can be continuous), or weight loss, but may also cause complications
outside the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes,
arthritis,
inflammation
of the eye, tiredness, and lack of concentration.
Hopefully, I do not
fit into category number one. have a cousin who
calls herself an old crone. Not that she
is strange, mind you, but she does have a fairy tree in her yard and believes
things that I really don’t understand. I
love her, but she IS strange!
But I DO fit into category number two. It is not the type of thing one brings up at a formal dinner party. If it ain’t one thing it’s something else!!!!
But I DO fit into category number two. It is not the type of thing one brings up at a formal dinner party. If it ain’t one thing it’s something else!!!!
One of the things I
find most frustrating with MS is the fact that it has so many different
symptoms. When something happens that is
out of the ordinary, we often don’t know whether to go to the doctor or assume
that it goes along with the MS. That is
what happened to me.
This Crohn’s
problem started last year. I was in
terrible shape for a couple of months before my husband talked me into going to
the doctor. Naturally, I was sent by my
doctor to a specialist to be checked out.
I had to have a colonoscopy (which is a fun process in itself!) and the
results came back that Crohn’s was the culprit.
If you have not
known anyone who has this, it is very painful.
Not only that, it keeps you very close to home for fear of having an “accident”. Since it is such an unpleasant disease, it is
not discussed much in the finer circles!
I am hoping that we
are getting all the bad stuff out of the way so we can enjoy the upcoming fun
time of the year. We have had the flu, deaths
of two dear friends (another died this weekend) and now this. The rest of the year should be a piece of
cake!!
2 comments:
Janie, I'm so sorry you have Crohn's on top of MS, although I keep hearing that having two auto-immune diseases is not uncommon. I've known several people with this horrible disease, and I feel so sorry for them. Do you take meds for it -- I keep seeing one advertised on TV.
Peace,
Muff
I do.......but only during flare-ups because it is sooooooooo expensive!! It is pretty rough when it flares, but thankfully it takes breaks in between!! :)
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