Living

Visiting your doctor online is a great way to get healthcare if you are not able to go in person. You can get medical advice, visual assessments, treatments, or update...

As someone living with Crohn’s disease, I can easily, at any moment in time, list a number of things that I’m afraid of. Now, I think about my friends and...

In recent months, uncertainty has dominated the global world. It’s been said thousands of times already, but we’re living in historic times. As an immunocompromised individual who lives with other...

We appreciate you taking the time to answer all of our questions. Your responses will help us better understand life with inflammatory bowel disease. New here? We invite you to...

Ten years ago this week, in September 2009, my life changed forever. Ten years ago this week, I was one month into a new job, one-year post-college graduation, and really...

Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for the Mindfulness Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. The Mindfulness...

As an IBD patient, I feel like I’m constantly looking for tools, apps, and resources to help me manage my disease, my health, and my sanity. Over the years, I’ve...

Telehealth is a virtual service that lets patients interact with a healthcare professional online. This lets doctors and patients connect without being in the same room, or even the same...

I’ve never known a life that didn’t involve Crohn’s disease symptoms. My symptoms started very early on in life. The pediatrician who treated me from age 4 and on would...

Do you ever feel like people who don't have IBD just don't get it some times? Who am I kidding? Of course, you do. And part of it is that...

What 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...

When I was getting ready for my j-pouch surgery, I had to do a full bowel prep. The reason that they make you do a full flush of your bowel...

I often get told, “I don’t know how you do it” It’s simple - I have no choice. You have two options when you're diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. You go...

Kelly 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...

Such a provocative title isn't it?! I'm not meaning that you need to suffer for the cause. I mean education and advocating for each other. If not you; then who?...

It took quite a long time to receive a Crohn's diagnosis. It took even longer to start receiving proper treatment. And even more years have passed of me waiting for...

In so many ways, I am hyper-vigilant. I have Crohn's disease and was diagnosed as a young girl. I'm now a grown woman who bears more than physical scars. I...

I was raised Jewish, and, as a young kid, grew up religious. Three times a week I went to Hebrew School (following my regular school day); I routinely went to...

While I was pregnant, I was very focused on what the needs of the baby were going to be. As well as the needs of my spouse. I worried about...

I often look back at my kindergarten years with fondness. There was learning, there was playing, there was naptime. Oh my, how things have changed. These days, kindergarteners get tested...