Empathic Narrative of a 35 year old UC Patient
This current case report shows the empathic narrative of a 40 yr old male in his own words, on his 15 years journey with Ulcerative Colitis "What can be more painful than having a disease well diagnosed, but not responding to any treatment? And when it combines with having to consume endless medicines and spending hours together in the toilet with no improvement, its worse than a nightmare. My journey with Ulcerative Colitis was the same, past 15 years. It all started in the year 2004, when I had regular episodes of abdominal pain, followed by bowel evacuation with blood and mucous. When I consulted a local hospital, I was put on a bunch of medicines without any proper diagnosis. Symptoms went on increasing day by day. I then consulted a gastroenterologist, who performed Colonoscopy, and gave the diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis. Chills went down my spine when I have read about the disease over internet. I was already suffering with neck pain, lower back pain and headaches for yea