Gi Patients Moving to Adult Healthcare - Staying positive

♪♪ >> I'VE NEVER BEEN TOO WORRIED ABOUT MY HEALTH. I TRY TO KEEP A LIGHT MIND ABOUT IT. >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HOPEFUL THAT CROHN'S IS NOT GOING TO BE THE THING THAT — NOT TO SAY IT RUINS LIVES, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM TRYING TO FEEL LIKE I CAN DO WHAT I WANT TO DO. >> I THINK THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT CROHN'S IS TO NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU MIGHT GET SICK OR YOU MIGHT BE FINE, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME, AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL BE OK. YOU'LL GO INTO REMISSION, AND YOU'LL GET THROUGH IT. >> IF YOU ARE SICK, YOU CAN BECOME A WORRIER. YOU CAN BECOME VERY SAD AND HOPELESS, IN SOME SENSE, ABOUT THE FUTURE. BUT I TRY TO REMAIN A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC AND APPROACH THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND SAY, "I CAN DO THIS." AND IF, GOD FORBID, I DO GET SICK, THEN I WILL HANDLE IT THEN, BUT I CAN'T THINK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. >> IT'S PART OF LIFE. IT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH. IT'S PART OF LIFE. ALL THINGS IS NOT SMOOTH SAILING. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO — SOME THINGS ARE GOING TO BE HARD AND SOME THINGS ARE GOING TO BE EASY. >> YOU THINK IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD WHEN YOU'RE A TEENAGER, WHEN YOU'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SOMETHING — YOU HAVE A BAD DAY, BUT MOVING ON FROM THAT, I MEAN, IT GETS A LOT BETTER, AND I'M PROOF OF THAT.