Living

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...

What does quality of life mean to you? As someone who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease nearly 15 years ago, it feels like a loaded question. Quality of life is...

Having Crohn’s disease is not only physically exhausting but mentally exhausting as well. The mental fight of living with Crohn’s is one that takes intense focus and strength from the...

The day before my wife and I left on our Greece trip, we got a call from our townhouse association. There was an opening for a bigger unit. The unit...

Between 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...

As a Crohn’s sufferer, if you want to feel healthy, you need to make lifestyle changes. Most of us usually start with the basics: watching our diet, cutting spicy food...

Recently I had an interview with a job. It wasn’t my dream job or anything, but it was a source of income and would’ve helped greatly with the stack of...