The disease is genetic and inherited, and it means I cannot absorb nutrients normally through my intestines and am often left in debilitating pain—unable to eat, or walk, or do most of the things people often take for granted in life. The disease has cost me thousands of dollars, entire semesters of my college career, and nearly two feet of my intestine that had to be removed in an emergency surgery.
Mimi alizaliwa na ugonjwa kali wa Crohn. ugonjwa ni maumbile na kurithi, na maana yake ni Siwezi kunyonya virutubisho kawaida kupitia matumbo yangu na ni mara nyingi kushoto katika kudhoofisha maumivu-hawawezi kula au kutembea, au kufanya zaidi ya mambo mara nyingi watu kuchukua kwa nafasi katika maisha. ugonjwa huo umegharimu me maelfu ya dola, semesters mzima wa kazi yangu ya chuo, na karibu mbili miguu ya utumbo yangu kwamba ilibidi kuondolewa katika upasuaji wa dharula.