Nurse weighed just five stone and needed the toilet 30 times a day due to painful condition
A nurse says her weight plummeted to just five stone while battling a painful and debilitating condition - but getting a stoma bag fitted was the “best thing” she has ever done. Katie Harpur, 25, dropped to just five stone while battling the painful symptoms of Crohn’s disease, which left her unable to walk, or eat without throwing up.
“I used to need to go to the toilet up to 30 times a day and I couldn’t go out and socialise for fear of there not being facilities nearby," she told PA. “It was incredibly limiting, and I was in a lot of pain to the point where I didn’t even want to go anywhere. Persevering with medical appointments, Katie said her health deteriorated until she was admitted to hospital. Unable to walk, the then 16-year-old spent two weeks in hospital where she had a colonoscopy.
She said: “Going into it, I obviously had body image concerns because I’m still quite young and people tend to have a false idea that stoma bags are dirty. I knew I would end up with a giant scar too and that made me nervous.” As Katie approaches 12 months since her stoma op, she said the procedure has “changed her life”. With no complications or symptoms, she is now able to travel and socialise with friends.
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