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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.
Chelsie Brown
Meghann
Hannah Carter
Fixers
Sam Barakat
Shano
Kiki
Jack H
Fern Lulham
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Shak & Natasha
Macauley Collinson
Liam Thomas
Becky
Jade Kingdom
Tilly and Bella
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Shannon Rawlings
Alexandra Garrick
Hannah Baker
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
'Ben'
Becky Thorn
Mason Latey
Ethan Mcinally