During the very beginning of year 13, I started to get unwell with very bad abdominal pain. I decided not to apply to medical schools because of this and thought I'd take a gap year after finishing my a levels and apply then instead. Turns out this pain got worse and by December I was diagnosed with Crohns disease. I was on a very heavy dose of steroids for 4 months, and once they finished I started regular infusions at the hospital. I also have arthritis which was well controlled, until the medication I was on stopped working and my joints started to swell again shortly after my crohns diagnosis. This affected my performance in school greatly, and I decided that I wasn't going to do my a levels this year because I wouldn't get the grades needed for med school. I have very strong GCSEs which are straight 9s and 8s and I am sitting the ucat in a few weeks. I'm so scared that my application won't be considered though because i didn't my a levels within the two years- but how could i control my health? Has anyone gotten into medical school in the uk with a similar situation to mine? do I still have a shot?