我认为当时我不了解溃疡性结肠炎的含义。我知道这不是短暂的问题。但是，我很难尤其要年轻时就很难理解余生的时间的概念。
15岁零8个月时，我被诊断出患有溃疡性结肠炎。我记得这是因为我刚刚在马里兰州获得了驾驶员的许可。我在高中，大二的时候。我的胸部，腹部面积很紧张。而且我没有，当时我已经便秘了一个星期。然后我才开始流血的凳子。而且我起初我不太了解。所以我有点秘密了几天。最后，一旦痛苦过得太多，我就把它拿到了我的父亲。他当然马上带我去看医生。 They actually kept me in a hospital for 28 days after revealing that. I don’t think I understood at the time what ulcerative colitis meant. I mean, I understood that the pain and I, I understood that this was not a transient problem, but it’s hard I think when you’re younger, in particular, to understand the concept of, of time for the rest of your life. At first, being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, I felt almost special, which is odd. I felt that this was something that was me, that other people didn’t have. It was a way that differentiated myself more from, from others maybe. When you start experiencing some of the problems, it was difficult. There was times where I would be with friends and I would have to be very conscious of my surroundings. Early on in my diagnosis, when I would have to go to the bathroom, I would have to go to the bathroom within a couple minutes. Like I had to get to a bathroom regardless of where I was. I remember one time, in one class, and the bathroom was just down the hall from the class, but I, I couldn’t make it from my chair to the bathroom.
幸运的是，就像我上了洗手间一样，但是我只记得上洗手间，无法及时脱下裤子，从本质上讲，您知道自己大便。而且，我只是像整天的剩下时间一样在浴室里度过。我的意思是，还有其他多次发生这种情况。一次我醒来上学。我开车去学校，我无法及时上学。因此，我最终只是开车回家而没有进去。在发生这种情况之前，我是一个非常好的学生。发生这种情况之后，我发现保持专注的困难，对了解更多信息保持兴趣。我在童子军中。本质上，我不再背包了。我全年打棒球非常有竞争力，我基本上停止了完全打棒球。 And then going out just with friends on, on a Friday night, became difficult because if I ate anything, I’d have to be aware of where the restroom was.
这是一个尴尬的现实，无法解决。我对任何正在经历的少年的建议是，它是艰难的，但是您会发现自己是谁。您将学会欣赏那些善良的人，您会学会了解其他人可能正在挣扎着看不到的事情。它将帮助您了解真正重要的事情。您，您可能会少关心一些肤浅的事情，并意识到它们并不像以前看起来那样重要。您将有一个时期，您不会感到自己很自在，但是希望之后您最终会更加自在。
