Living

The most important thing I’ve come to learn in the time since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease is to celebrate the small victories - not just alone, but with...

Having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires you to go to see your GI doctor at least twice a year. With me, I have to have a flexible sigmoid scope every...

The other day, I was thinking about things I'd done that I never imagined doing once I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Now, I'm doing much better. Since my j-pouch...

Finally, after ten months of being married, my wife and I were finally able to go on our honeymoon. We decided to go to Greece so that there was a...

A good night sleep can be hard to find these days, with everything open 24/7 and the constant lure of our phones and streaming devices. With Crohn's or colitis, things...

I've been traveling a lot lately and to be honest, it never gets any easier. Living with Crohn’s disease makes everything I do that much harder. I could have a...

Diarrhea and stomach pain are the 2 symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) that get the most "air time," but are they actually the most debilitating for the patient themselves? And...

A diagnosis of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis usually comes with a lot of doctors appointments, medical tests, blood work, medication trial and error, among other things. I know so...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a lot of chatter across social media about Crohn’s medication hopping. If you’re unfamiliar with this concept, it’s where someone with Crohn’s disease...

Every day we all have decisions and choices to make. Part of life is planning and while living with a disease like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis can make it...

For the record, I am not a fan of colonoscopies. Show me someone who says they love them and I will show you a liar! Now that we’ve gotten that...

After going through my list of medications, medical history, and past procedures regarding my Crohn’s disease, the nurse or doctor whom I was seeing would say, "Otherwise you are healthy."...

When you spend over a year in the hospital, you start to get used to the routines. I always knew when there was a shift change. I always knew when...

If you’ve followed along for a little while, I recently became a new mom. After years of struggling to conceive, undergoing fertility treatments and finally having success with IVF, I...

When 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...

Since I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, back in 2009, I never had the urge to go to a concert. Honestly, it just never sounded appealing to me. Being around...

This is always, in my opinion, one of the hardest things to deal with when being diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Grieving the old you. Will I ever be the old...

As someone who has had symptoms of Crohn’s disease for over 10 years now, I often think about my life in seasons or in chapters based on my health. When...

When you live with a chronic illness like ulcerative colitis, it can be difficult to know what exactly warrants a trip to the emergency room or hospital. I know going...

I’ve posted a ton on this site over the past few years. Although I’ve shared a great variety of things, I think a lot of it seems to come off...