In today's episode I share how I was diagnosed with Crohns disease. I discuss the night my life changed, the colonoscopy, liver biopsy and more. I hope more than anything you can take something from this video! Please let me know what you think :)
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02:40 - Twitter or X?
04:26 - Getting Itchy Feet
05:58 - 21 is Weird
07:39 - I Hate Men and Dog Walkers
13:22 - Topic Introduction
15:25 - The First Symptoms
22:47 - When it became clear there was something wrong
26:17 - My Symptoms
27:51 - What is it?
31:30 - First Hospital Appointment
33:07 - The Colonoscopy
35:16 - Taking Steroids (prednisone)
36:55 - Liver Biopsy
41:00 - The Botched MRI
43:22 - The Impact on my Mental Health
51:00 - Gratitudes and Hope !!!