What the heck is Crohn's?

Never heard of it? I hadn't either. Here is the definition from medicalterms.com. I have shortened  it a little bit.

Definition of Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease: A chronic inflammatory disease, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the digestive system as well. It is named for Burrill Crohn, the American gastroenterologist who first described the disease in 1932.
Crohn's disease is usually diagnosed in persons in their teens or twenties, but can come to the fore at any point in life. It can be a chronic, recurrent condition or can cause minimal symptoms with or even without medical treatment.

In mild forms, Crohn's disease causes small scattered shallow crater- like areas (erosion) called aphthous ulcers in the inner surface of the bowel. In more serious cases, deeper and larger ulcers can develop, causing scarring and stiffness and possibly narrowing of the bowel, sometimes leading to obstruction. Deep ulcers can puncture holes in the bowel wall, leading to infection in the abdominal cavity (peritonitis) and in adjacent organs.

Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and weight loss are common symptoms. Crohn's disease can be associated with reddish tender skin nodules, and inflammation of the joints, spine, eyes, and liver. Diagnosis is commonly made by x-ray or colonoscopy. Treatment includes medications that are anti-inflammatories, immune suppressors or antibiotics. Surgery can be necessary in severe cases.
Genetic factors contribute to the causation of Crohn's disease. One of the genes has been shown to be on chromosome 14 in region 14q11-12.

Crohn's for me is super complicated. I have had multiple symptoms and was on the more sever side of the the disease. I personally hadn't met anyone with Crohn's before I was diagnosed. It is amazing the amount of people that have this disease. It also suck cause we have it FOREVER. While remission is possible you have to stick to a method of treatment that works for you for the rest of your life in order to keep remission and it's highly possible a flare could happen anyways. So complicated, for me, is the perfect word to describe it.