Living

Kelly sat down with her significant other to talk about IBD and answer questions. Crohn’s disease. This is something that you know really bothers me. I know phones love to...

In my previous post, I talked about the actual fistula surgery. In this post, I want to describe the recovery. I can’t think of a better way to start the...

Recently I shared my experience with miscarriage and not being a mother on my blog. It wasn't easy for me to share, but I know a lot of women needed...

Is there ever a right time to have a baby? In honesty, probably not. For regular folk, trying to conceive is stressful enough, but add IBD into the mix and...

With anything in life, it's important to set proper expectations. It's especially important for those of us living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Because our disease has no cure, it's important...

There are not many options for people to purchase or attain clothing that is always comfortable as a person living with IBD. Sweatpants are not always an option if you...

When you're living with a condition like inflammatory bowel disease, it's easy to lose hope. You begin to lose hope in your doctors, because after all: why aren't you cured...

In the fall of 2017, I experienced significant medical trauma, most of which I was not conscious for. In the weeks and even months that came after, I struggled significantly...

Things haven’t been going my way in the last year when it comes to dealing with my IBD & also my mental health. I switched biologics, likely the last one...

One of the many challenges of living with a chronic illness is knowing how (and when) to communicate with your care team. Having lived with inflammatory bowel disease for the...

When it comes to describing our IBD symptoms, we tend to talk about our bowel habits a lot of the time. That's all well and good, but there are many...

Several years ago, during the height of my struggles with symptoms that were later attributed to Crohn’s disease, I spent some time working with a GI psychologist. My sessions with...

Have you ever seen something in a book, magazine, or online in a meme that resonates deep down to your core? I began writing this after seeing an Instagram story...

Living with someone isn't the easiest thing to do. I wrote more about that in Part 1. I don't imagine having a chronic illness would ever make things any easier...

As a patient with IBD, you have likely spent some time admitted to the hospital. You’ve also probably learned that almost every hospital room is set up nearly the same...

2018 brought a lot of changes for me. I started out with a bit of a flare that resulted in my being inpatient for more than a month and living...

It's so crazy how something can be so bad, yet bring so much good to your life. My condition has taken so much from me. It's caused me to lose...

Recently, I wrote about how beneficial being my own boss is for me and, by extension, my illness. Since leaving full-time employment as a teacher and transitioning to self-employed as a...

The moments between are the hardest. The moments between needles and their cold pinches. The moments between labs spent waiting in quiet rooms surrounded by unspoken questions floating in the...

Coping with IBD can bring about a fair amount of challenges. Navigating life with IBD and one or more additional medical conditions can be even more difficult. When an individual...