Since having surgery in April I have found myself referring to before I was in the hospital (BH) and after I was in the hospital.  It’s funny to me that I refer to things in those terms.  I so wanted to get out of the hospital and now it has become a huge part of my vocabulary.  I have had Crohn’s Disease for 14 years now and finally had to have surgery.  I knew going into it that it would be worth it.  I wasn’t prepared for the three abscesses and three drains that I had to deal with over the course of three weeks.  Now that I am healing and feeling better every day I still use the word hospital to refer to before and after my surgery. I don’t even want to step foot in a hospital, but hospitals have been a big part of my life the last six months.  So the last six months have been before hospital and after hospital. That’s how I remember things.  This year I was in the hospital for a total of 31 days.  That’s a lot and something I wasn’t expecting.  I am looking forward to the time I will be able to stop referring to things as BH and AH, but until then I am thankful for my health and the ability to heal.