I have Crohn's. Also lost my job to it, currently on chemo and I've had the majority of my bowel removed. Stoma will be the next step. Love to you and your mum.Yeah, my mum has severe Crohns Disease and let me tell you; when she’s having a flare up she can’t even stand up, let alone jump on the treadmill and then eat salad and boiled eggs for lunch. She had to give up her job because of the debilitating condition and has to live off a cocktail of drugs just to be able to eat normally and not be chained to the bathroom all day. She hasn’t had a drink in years because the alcohol would shoot straight through her! This girl has mild IBS, she does not have a serious gastric problem.