Deep ulcers in my intestine that breached blood vessels connected to arteries - I bled..ALOT !

I lost 3 litres of blood quickly on two separate occasions - I still suffer from PTSD from those incidents. It can be hard to see "harmless" blood in your stool without being convinced you're about to die again.

Those events really changed my relationship with Crohn's Disease from an unfortunately life-long condition you try your best to manage to a real threat to my life I had to constantly be on guard about.

That's probably the worse consequence of my diagnosis - the survival mode I've been in for 12 years.