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Name: | Janette Connor |
Age: | 26 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
Campaign: | To show what it's like to live with Crohn's disease |
In March last year I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease.
They told me 7 out of 10 people would require surgery in first two years and I just left thinking “yeah sure, that’s just a statistic.”
But a week later I was in hospital seeing a surgeon.
Crohn’s has changed my life, but it hasn’t all been bad. I’ve a spent a lot of time in hospital but I’ve also held down a job and I’ve realised just how good my friends and family are.
I don’t think many people understand what Crohn’s is, so with Fixers I’m making an animated film to raise awareness about the condition, which causes fatigue and abdominal pain.
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Consultant Gastroenterologist Dr Graham Turner supported my project by providing an interview for the UTV Live broadcast.
Sam Barakat
Jack H
Fern Lulham
Macauley Collinson
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Alexandra Garrick
Becky
Chelsie Brown
Becky Thorn
Jo Quinn
Shak & Natasha
'Kate'
Shano
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Fixers
'Ben'
Timothy Cranfield
Ben Simms
Tilly and Bella
Ethan Mcinally
Mason Latey
Kiki
Olivia G