A.S. Face 1795: Amy Stowe
I first had symptoms in my late teens, but joint pains were
written off as athletic injuries. In my early 20s the GI symptoms hit hard and
caused me to miss a semester of college. Things got better, then much worse,
then good again throughout my 20s. At times I could barely pull myself out of
bed-“she’s depressed”- they wouldn’t listen that I was depressed because I
couldn’t get out of bed, not couldn’t get out of bed because I was depressed!),
to I felt great and nothing was wrong. I had a miscarriage at 31, this knocked
me on my butt emotionally, and I allowed it to do so physically as well; I
stopped activity, this triggered a huge flair (before I knew what a flair was),
slowly I recovered both emotionally and physically. Just after my 33rd birthday
I gave birth to my amazing son. While I love being a mom, the sleepless nights
and the emotional & physical toll of breastfeeding set off another flair.
This time it just would not go away. I didn’t know what was fatigue from
sleeplessness and what was fatigue that always came with the pain. After my son
was 13 months, I finally got my feet under me and out of survival mode to seek
help. I now have hope and piece of mind knowing its not just all in my head!
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