If this is a Test, Have I Passed Yet? : Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
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... Deciding The diagnosis of a chronic illness affects many life de- cisions . Perhaps the most important is the decision whether or not to have children . Even under normal cir- cumstances , this decision requires a tremendous amount of ...
... Deciding The diagnosis of a chronic illness affects many life de- cisions . Perhaps the most important is the decision whether or not to have children . Even under normal cir- cumstances , this decision requires a tremendous amount of ...
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... decision to have a child was the first in a long list of dilemmas . Some people wouldn't contemplate the risk I was taking and would adopt a child . Would I grow to resent a child who developed my disease , through no fault of its own ...
... decision to have a child was the first in a long list of dilemmas . Some people wouldn't contemplate the risk I was taking and would adopt a child . Would I grow to resent a child who developed my disease , through no fault of its own ...
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... decision to have Ianother ileostomy . Of all the suffering that my illness has brought me over the years , this decision was the most painful because I knew it was permanent . Once I made it , I could never go back . A wise surgeon once ...
... decision to have Ianother ileostomy . Of all the suffering that my illness has brought me over the years , this decision was the most painful because I knew it was permanent . Once I made it , I could never go back . A wise surgeon once ...
Contents
A Personal Note | 1 |
In the Beginning | 9 |
Adolescents Dont Have Bowels So How Come Ive Got Crohns Disease | 21 |
Copyright | |
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