Complaint: Customer Service Don't Fly Alaska Airlines!
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Old Jun 2, 2009, 4:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Elena View Post
I also explained that I needed to get home because of health issues that I have to manage very carefully or I could be put into a life threatening condition. I told her that I have a serious chronic disease called Crohn's disease and that the stress they were putting me through was causing my intestines to swell. If the swelling gets out of control, the situation can become fatal.
From http://www.ccfa.org/info/about/crohns

"While Crohn's is a serious chronic disease with many complications, it is not considered a fatal illness."

Sorry, but I'm about to vent. Idiots like you why I left the airlines. I'm sick and tired of people making up crap about how they are going to end up in the hospital or dead because they are going to be late or their bag came up missing, etc, etc, etc.