Crohn’s Story: Part 1

I have Crohn’s and I want to write about it. And it just so happens that this week (1–7 December) is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week. I’ve wanted to write about my experience with Crohn’s and express what I feel about it for a long time but I’ve never quite known how to. I’ve dripped things out on social media over the years. But I’ve always sanitised the experience, worried that people wouldn’t get it, or what the reaction would be if I was too honest about what it’s really like. My family and friends know about it of course, but they’ve only known what I let out because I don’t always know how to bring it up.