A few days ago, a conference was held at Rambam Hospital to raise awareness around the world of inflammatory bowel disease for adolescent patients and their families.
"When I was 23, I started to feel a kind of puncture in the chest, in the breath, I just had a hard time breathing during exertion, and of course in professional sports there is no time to check these things in the middle of the season, because everything has to happen now, so I waited for summer to come and of course I did "All the tests - colonoscopy, gastro, and eventually Crohn's were diagnosed in me, and in fact, since then I have been treated with a variety of medications," Ohayon said during the conference and shared his personal life.
"Of course I started with steroids at first, which didn't hold much water, and then I switched to a few more medications, which was not easy because every summer, every year, my action was the opposite - seven efforts everything was quiet, and especially in the summer when I went on vacation, everything It ignited and I started to feel terrible.
Yogev Ohayon.
Trying to convey a message to athletes of the younger generation, Photo: Courtesy of Nahariya
"What's more, in those summers when the disease broke out more, I had to join the Israeli team, and in fact, within a week after I finished the season, I lost about 13 kg, and two weeks later I had to make sure my body returned to normal and be Pete for a team campaign - something not It was simple, both mentally and of course physically. "
"I consulted with all the doctors and gathered around me amazing people who treated, supported, and I immediately came to the conclusion that there is nothing to cry about, that is to say take this disease a friend by the way and just live next to it.
Yogev Ohayon. Important message, Photo: Courtesy of Nahariya
"If it's in terms of food then I would try every time when flare up and until I find a cure, I would check the body every time - what is good, what is not good, what makes me more, what causes least, and of course I would also build physically, because I had to "To prepare the body for an achievement sport, which in itself was very difficult, because every time I reach a peak and then everything goes down the drain within a week or two and then everything has to start from the beginning."
"I try to convey a message to the athletes of the younger generation today - I at the time was quite ashamed, in the beginning I mean, to tell and explain what I have, what I do not have. I was not looking for excuses, I mean I wanted to fight it, through the wall what is called, and what is not good In this disease, it is to keep things in the stomach. "
"Crohn's is the best thing that has happened to me in my life. It has given me a different perspective. A perspective on sports, a perspective on life that pain and stress is a different thing from the people I met where I was treated with drugs. And I think Crohn's puts me in a different perspective on life. Once every two months, I never feel sick. "
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