description: This Crohnie Handbook came into being at the request of several of my friends and family members as I have done a tremendous amount of research on Crohn's disease and they all felt that I had acquired some valuable information about the disease and how to deal with it. Through trial and error, I have learned many different ways to keep my Crohn's under control and because I understand that there is no one exact standard about Crohn's disease treatment, the main purpose of this Handbook is to share a multitude of information with you and provide you with a reference tool that you can use to help you further understand your Crohn's. I also hope to provide some thoughts on how to keep your Crohn's under control with the realization that some suggestions may work and some may not. Your success is going to depend on your individual case, symptoms, environment and condition. I will use laymen's terms and easy to understand English but I will have to use some technical and medical terms to tie it all together. Any technical or medical term that needs clarification will be defined. Also included are some reference information, medication information, medication side effects, vitamins and supplements, nutritional information, some support organizations and some helpful websites. Many books have been written about Crohn's disease by those who have only studied or treated it and most books are written by more than one person. But for those of us who live with it from day to day, every day of our entire lives, we know what it is like to be sick by ourselves with no end in sight. This Handbook has been written from that perspective. Even when I have my Crohn’s somewhat under control, I too endure the long sleepless nights, the pain, agony, suffering, loneliness, public embarrassment, and the fear that those who don't have this disease won’t really understand what we are going through. It is hard to explain that we are sick when we appear to be perfectly healthy. As I have found in my research of Crohn's disease and other chronic illnesses, most people with Crohn's don't complain too much about being sick, but the sick feeling never goes away. I have also discovered that there are many support groups with many people who suffer greatly from Crohn's and you should make every attempt to become involved with some of these groups. The only way to know more about your disease is to know more about your disease. Hopefully, this Handbook will assist you to understand Crohn’s disease a little better and help you to cope with and overcome that never-ending sick feeling. Good luck in your endeavors and may better health and happiness be with you.
language: English
title: The Complete Crohnie Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Crohn's Disease Patient
titlecomplete: The Complete Crohnie Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Crohn's Disease Patient
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publisher: Wolftracks Pub Co