Hello All,

My name is Diana and I have Crohn's Disease for he last 10 years. Due
to my Crohn's I recently (January 2003) had to have an ileostomy.
This was due to medication not working to control the Crohn's.

Before the ileostomy I had to have 2 previous surgeries. One to
remove part of the ileum and another to remove the entire large
intestine. All of this happened in a space of 1 year. Had part of the
ileum removed in November of 2001, the in March of 2002 the large
intestine was removed, then the ileostomy was done in January of 2003.

I am doing much better now. It is such a relief that I do not have to
always run into the bathroom all the time now. Now all I do is empty
a bag 5-7 times a day. Boy that is much better than the 30 times a
day that I was in the bathroom.

Diana