I’m Embarrassed

Ella is in hospital and has a bandage on her arm, and a feeding tube. She is sat smiling with her friend Kirsten. This photo is pasted onto a green background and underneath is the text "i'm embarrassed".

By Ella Crossley (she/her) I am Ella, a sixteen-year-old girl with Crohn’s Disease this isn’t something that I tell people very often, for the simple reason that I’m embarrassed by it. I’m not ashamed of the fact that I am ill, it doesn’t make me feel weak or less able in anyway whatsoever. It’s the …

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