Making Alternate Plans For The HolidaysHow are you and your family protecting yourself and others this holiday / winter season? How are you choosing to celebrate each holiday by safely social distancing and staying at...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesFriends & Family
Instant Pot Pulled ChickenIn a hurry? Cook in your Instant Pot! Not so much & just want to slow cook or bake your chicken in the oven? That works too. I’ve tried both multiple...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Why Love & Touch Matter - Even When It Isn't SexWhy love and touch matters in intimacy - even when it isn’t sex. Recently, I wrote about why touch, self-talk, and affection in different ways matter most to me on...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
IBD Outdoors (& Indoors): Gardening With IBD During a PandemicA lot has gone on in 2020 so far. For me personally, it started with being released from the hospital on the night of New Year’s Eve. Then shortly after...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Thrush in IBD PatientsThrush, or oral candida, can be awful. It hurts to swallow, it feels like you’re choking, and it limits what you’re able to eat or drink (unless you prefer swallowing...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
IBD-Friendly Shrimp Tacos With a TwistRecently for Cinco de Mayo, I wanted to get a little more creative with my recipes. To prepare, I made a few Mexican dishes with a lot of different substitutes...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
We Need To Talk About Your Vagina, Cysts, Fistulas & AbscessesTypes of cysts & abscesses that are not common and need to be talked about. Period. I felt so alone with my first Bartholin cyst. I knew it was dangerous...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Low Residue Foods - Part 2As I previously wrote here in Part 1 of this series, we continue to talk about the ins and outs of roughage and what we consider to be low and...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
IBD-Friendly Chicken AlfredoChicken Alfredo used to be one of my favorite things to eat before I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Now, after 16 years, I can finally say I've mastered a...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Blepharitis and Crohn's DiseaseRecently while in the hospital, I came down with a case of blepharitis. I’m still not sure why these types of infections happen, but when they do, I always wake...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
IBD Is Time Consuming and It SucksLiving with chronic illness sucks. Over the last 16 years living with IBD, I can't even count the number of times I have been on a no-solids diet. I'd consume...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
What One Day of Self-Care Looks Like To MeWhat self-care looks like to me (for one day, anyway). It's important to keep things switched up with your self-care. If your self-care needs to be sleep, then, by all...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Decision To Work From Home - Part 2Kelly shares why she made the decision to work from home in "Deciding to Work from Home with Crohn’s" and continues to share here. Making the choice to make that...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Deciding to Work from Home with Crohn'sBetween the last 16 years and dealing with things that pop up as a result of a diagnosis of Crohn's disease, I've felt a lot of things. I've felt isolation...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
20 Small Things I Can Accomplish in 2020With the start of 2020 and a new decade, Kelly is sharing 20 small things that she can accomplish this year. Never go to bed with today's worry on your...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Germs are scary!Germs are gross right? Unfortunately, we cannot control all germs and getting sick can be inevitable. For me, cold and flu season consists of choices every day. Most of those...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Boom - Welcome 2020!So life has kind of been crummy recently. I'm not exactly sailing off into the sunset of 2019 & making a roaring entrance to 2020. I’m ending it in the...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Sober for NYEDecember 31st kind of parts the seas for a lot of people, doesn't it? I know you certainly won't find me drinking at a pub or bar out past 10:30...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
The Importance of Reliable InformationEditor's note: Between the pain, symptoms, flares, and other daily challenges, life with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is hard. We want to shed light on these challenges during Crohn’s and...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Why Language MattersWhen a celebrity is on the news for being diagnosed with something serious or they are speaking about it, there is often a sort of “backlash” that several of us...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
