Living

I struggle all the time to recognize myself. My body has drastically changed over the past 5 years. And when I struggle with my mental health, my physical health starts...

Don’t get me wrong. I love that I have a J-Pouch. I would not be able to live the life I do, without one. What a J-Pouch is is something...

Have you participated in a study? I haven’t, but I’ve always wanted to. I love science. And since I’m not a scientist, participating in a study could be my personal...

For a long time, I didn't realize there was a difference between a gastroenterologist and an actual IBD specialist. I assumed that because I was seeing a gastroenterologist, or "GI,"...

I've recently lost a fair amount of weight and I can't really say that the feedback has been fantastic. I wanted to write about it and my hubby wanted to...

Having become chronically ill nearly a decade ago, I’ve learned so much about how I process disease, hardship, and other challenges in life. Having symptoms that for years had no...

I'm not going to lie. As I'm typing this, I'm having one of these evenings when I get caught in a 'what if?' cycle. I've not long blogged up about...

No more than five minutes after my best friend decreed, “You may kiss the bride,” it happened. My little cousin ran up and exclaiming, “Great, you did it! When are...

Oh you know the drill. You may be sitting there taking it all in and thinking everything those loved ones are saying is gospel. Loved ones don’t specifically have to...

Isn't it crazy how much living with a chronic condition shapes us? Especially living with conditions like Crohn's and colitis. Since being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, almost ten years ago...

Most people don't like change. I am one of those people. I hate it to be honest. Change brings me anxiety. I almost wish I could change, change. I realized...

I’ve been trying for years to put the pieces together to figure out when inflammatory bowel disease symptoms began to present. Like the point in time, I stopped eating breakfast...

Part 1 of the story can be found here. As I was finishing my tests and waiting for my car to come up from the hospital valet, exhaustion had set...

Intimacy is not something we talk about often enough when living with IBD. People living with many of the symptoms that come with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have a...

Have you ever noticed people will often try to offer solutions? Such as you just need something to occupy you or you just need a hobby or something that will...

After sharing my first and second-trimester pregnancy updates, I thought today I would focus on dealing with your medical team whilst pregnant with IBD. As I'm in the UK, I...

Most of us have heard that excessive salt in our diets is not good for us. It can lead to spikes in blood pressure, heart issues, among other things. However...

As I’ve begun settling into my early 30’s over the past few years, I’ve become increasingly cognizant of my behaviors. This includes the ways in which I use my days...

The hardest thing about reading my posts if it's your first time is understanding my sense of humor and brutal honesty within it. I'm a bit of a stirrer and...

So I have been hearing about this for a while. The stomach flu was circling around my classroom and the rest of the school. A few weeks ago, I went...