Rdawn

God bless you. Thank you for your service. Life is sad and tragic. But if you embrace that you can actually live it. Comfort is death. Security is an illusion. Just have to get up everyday and ride the bull, if you know what I mean. Best of luck.

Read up on Crohns Disease. So basically we don't even know what it really is and there is no cure. Fab.
On the plus side you are 24 and it is 2014. It is reasonable to assume that in two or three decades they will have developed some prosthetic or procedure to make your life easier. Perhaps an artificial organ or passage or whatever.