Guest guest Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:25:22 GMT " What do you do if the doctors can’t figure out what’s wrong with you? Washington high school senior Terry decided to do some investigating of her own. The teen discovered she had a granuloma which indicated Crohn’s disease (an autoimmune disease that attacks digestive cells and prevents absorption of nutrients) while studying tissue diseases in histology class. She told Komo-TV that she had been sick for a very long time and suffered from fevers, vomiting, anemia, and severe abdominal pain. " Terry was looking for more than a good grade when she decided to focus her class project on her health issues She asked her pathologist for her own tissue slides and studied them for days. The teen’s teacher, Margaret Welch, told the TV station, " All of a sudden she says, 'I think I found something.' I say, 'what?' 'Miss Welch, Miss Welch, come over here. I think it's a granuloma.' " " In 24 hours, all of a sudden, has a confirmation from her physician, " said Welch. Her pathologist was apparently embarrassed this had been missed for so long, but Terry is relieved to finally know what is going on in her body. " It's weird I had to solve my own medical problem, " Terry told Komo-TV. Terry told the Sammamish Reporter she will be starting nursing school in the fall. She also plans to tell her story in a children’s book to help people better understand the disease. " http://www.comcast.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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