Hi Everyone!
Thank you, everyone, for your support, comments, upvotes, and features on other steem pages, you have all been so kind and I can't thank you all enough!!
My previous posts were about my art and books, the projects I have and will be sharing with all of you. Today's post, however, will be about me and my chronic health and a bit about my YouTube channel 'That Crohn's Chick'.
For those who don't know me, my name is Sharnii and I'm a 26-year-old living in Adelaide, South Australia. I have had many chronic health issues in my lifetime from simple stuff like hayfever and eczema as a kid to irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's disease as an adult. I was diagnosed with IBS and IBD around 4 years ago, but it is suspected that I had these issues long before then as it can take years to get a proper diagnosis unfortunately and ever since I have spent the most part of that time trying to understand my diseases and how to better manage them.
Unfortunately, there is no cure for either of these issues or for the anemia and now a secondary autoimmune issue affecting my muscles and joints which they are in the process of diagnosing. But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself here. Many don't know about these diseases, and for those who do, they don't know much about how they work and how they affect the body. One of the biggest issues besides being chronically ill is feeling like no one understands or can help you and the loneliness and isolation breeds serious mental health issues that are always missed when medically treating chronic disease.
This is where my YouTube channel comes in.
I have created a channel that is there to educate not only those suffering from IBD but for anyone that suffers a hidden disease or knows someone who does and wishes to better support them on their journey with chronic illness. By creating this educational channel and sharing my story I seek to bring hidden diseases out into the open and to create a community of online chronic health sufferers that can mentor and support each other.
The platforms I will be posting my videos to will be here on steem, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and discord and they can all be found by searching 'That Crohn's Chick. If you want to know more about my story click the link below, otherwise check out my channel for all sorts of videos on IBD, IBS, Mental Health and more. My channel is still a work in progress and the launch and schedule for my videos will be happening towards the end of the week :)
Love Your Guts
