Living

Way back in August, I blogged about my experiences of a Humira hangover. I shared how drowsy, foggy and fatigued I felt after my loading doses. Today, I thought it was...

As a patient who has lived with GI symptoms and complications for the last 9 years, I have always been aware of, and afraid of, the infection clostridium difficile -...

My fellow inflammatory bowel disease people, you all can relate that we have been through a handful of doctors. I am not just talking about our gastroenterologist, but our family...

Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease is very complicated. On one hand, you want to defy the odds. You want to do the things you never imagined doing. You want to...

For more than 13 years, IBD has been a part of my identity. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in July 2005, at age 21. Since that time, I have...

We know that symptoms are frustrating and have a huge impact on everyday life when living with IBD. To shed some light on this, we asked our health leaders, "What...

Every painful step I take is a reminder that I still have Crohn's disease, and psoriasis, and arthritis due to both diseases. Each day is a form of Crohn's disease...

“I never thought something like this would happen to me...” is a phrase that often comes to mind on my journey with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). I’ve been living with...

hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. you wait and watch and...

So we’ve all heard of the elevator speech. So how does it apply to your diagnosis? Well, most people lose interest if an explanation takes more than 15-30 seconds. So...

Well, here we are, another year has come and gone and we’re about to enter the holiday season! The holiday seasons are hectic enough as it is, but when you...

Nausea. Constant toilet trips. No appetite. Gnawing stomach. There are many reasons why some days it just seems easier to avoid eating altogether. But we all know it is important...

Depression won't ever be overly-discussed. Depression is not like an outfit that will go out of style. Depression is real. Living with depression is one of the biggest battles I've...

With all of the stressors that Inflammatory Bowel Disease brings into my life, one thing that does bring me great relief is knowing my healthcare provider is only a call...

Now that I’ve shared my journey to motherhood, and talked about the emotional parallels between IBD and infertility, there’s another piece of overlap that I find critically important to discuss...

When I first started talking openly about my journey with ulcerative colitis, the title of my blog was “Keeping Things Inside Is Bad For My Health.” The reason I chose...

Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, there were so many days I felt so discouraged. There were so many times I just wanted to give up. And to be completely honest...

There's no denying that pregnancy and looming motherhood is the most amazing thing in the world. But IBD and the first trimester may not always go hand in hand. As...

Traveling with Inflammatory Bowel Disease is always interesting. Especially so when bringing up the topic of international travel! A lot of people without chronic conditions find international travel to be...

I recently wrote on our sister site, migraine.com about assistive devices that have helped me with my conditions. In the article, I write about 13 particular items that I have...