At the age of 19, in January 2005, I started having bowel problems. A few weeks later, after a colonoscopy, the doctors told me the diagnosis: ulcerative colitis (UC). They explained to me that UC is a chronic disease that will accompany me for the rest of my life, that I need to be aware that phases of remission phases will be periodically followed by acute phases, and that for the rest of my life I will need to take medication to contain the disease. It is possible that in most cases, the…
My healing story: towards full recovery from UC