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Can I ask what it’s like after remission and being in your fifties with CD? Practically is CD remission what most would consider normal or do symptoms present?
by rubyfan 5y ago
Can I ask what it’s like after remission and being in your fifties with CD? Practically is CD remission what most would consider normal or do symptoms present?
- CWuestefeld 5y agoHonestly, in the big lottery of life, I think I'm still a winner on net. At least for my case, with minor concessions to diet, and with having health insurance that'll pay for my (expensive) treatments, my symptoms are pretty minor. I think I could count on one hand the number of times this year I've had any serious discomfort that seemed connected to the disease. The one thing that bothers me is the persistent problem of poorly-formed bowel movements, and occasional diarrhea. You never really know when this is going to pop up. For short-term things like a night out you can plan ahead, maybe take an immodium beforehand. But there are things I'd like to do that this interferes with, at least to the point of being an embarrassing inconvenience. For example, I'd love to take a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon, but it seems like managing the issue would be complicated in a situation where the best facilities you've got are a bucket in a tent set up by the guides (and even that is only when it's been set up!), so it's a bucket list thing I'll likely never get to.