Living

Have you ever seen articles online that read like, "I make $150,000 a year and my rent is $3,000? I promise this is not one of those stories. However, this...

When I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, I had never heard of it. I had never even heard of inflammatory bowel disease. I had heard of Crohn’s disease, and I...

Will those of us with chronic illness ever be understood? When you are in chronic pain, you are dealt one of two hands - neither are optimal. You can tell others...

If you have Crohn's disease, you likely already feel like social outings, going out with friends, sitting in restaurants, and participating in “normal” activities surrounding eating comes with new and...

You know that feeling when you physically cannot keep your eyes open? Like when you are sitting on the couch at night watching TV and it takes every effort to...

After an almost seven-year hiatus from working full-time for a corporate entity, I re-entered the workforce. During those seven years of semi-retirement, I worked freelance to keep my skills up...

Whether or not you have a child, most individuals would agree that parenting is hard. Although there is no right or wrong way to raise a child, new trends, latest...

The other day I received my new insurance card in the mail. Seems odd considering it was the end of June and we are halfway through the year. I was...

My mom recently had some issues with her ear that prompted her doctor to tell her she needed steroids and/or steroid injections. My mom is someone who doesn’t like to...

Today I want to cry. I'm 13 years post-surgery for Crohn's disease and I'm not exactly a newbie at the game. I'm fully aware of my body, stoma, and ways...

Dear Prednisone, Oh, how utterly difficult you can be. Whenever you are given to me, I am met with the most conflicting of emotions. I am thrilled and grateful that...

In May, I became a mother. These words still feel incredibly powerful (and slightly surreal), as I wondered and worried (and sometimes even grieved) for more than a decade about...

Dear Fellow Crohn’s Moms, I have been a parent for eleven weeks and there’s no denying its the best job in the world. But it’s also so difficult when trying...

So often I am asked why I chose to become an advocate. For me, I’m not sure it was ever a choice. It was a matter of living or suffering...

I have been really into podcasts lately. Personal development and lifestyle podcasts have been my jam for the past year or so. I love the feeling of learning new things...

This remission thing from Crohn’s disease is a weird state of existence, for me. While I’m not 100% healthy, by any means, I am far healthier than I was back...

As I talked about in a recent article, ulcerative colitis robbed me of my education. I decided to register for college on National College Signing Day. After a chat with...

First of all, I would like to give a big warm welcome to ME! I am really excited to be part of the amazing community advocates team at inflammatoryboweldisease.net! I...

You know I am excited. You know that I count down every year. Every year, I work at camp. It has been the same camp for the last twenty-seven years...

I had read about it, I had been told about it but I couldn't help but think that perhaps I might be one of the lucky ones. However, after a...