Living

“We who suffer from chronic Lyme can only ask for our loves ones to try to understand and be compassionate about this invisible disease.” ~ Yolanda Hadid This quote by...

The anniversary of my second ostomy surgery is coming up and has me doing a lot of thinking. I also recently found out an old friend of mine who I...

For the twenty-seventh summer, I attended camp this week. I love going to camp, as it has been my summer home since I was five. It is a place I...

Do you ever have those days where you just don’t feel like doing anything? Do you ever have those days where you just feel like ick stuck to the bottom...

I was told to wear a medical alert bracelet only two times over the course of my 18 years living with ulcerative colitis. The first time was when I was...

I will admit I still get angry. I still get angry at the fact that about 5 years of my life was put on hold. I still get angry at...

I don’t know how to tell you this, but… I have Crohn’s disease. I think about the times we say something like this sentence out loud, and the ones that...

A close work friend of mine has Crohn's Disease also, but has not yet had any surgeries. She like me also has a multitude of other medical issues, and we...

Being admitted to the hospital is never any fun. Nor is it easy to accept. But if you have lived with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)–such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative...

Ever have one of those days where no matter how hard you planned around it, everything you did to make it right just fell to pieces? As the only member...

I often blog about the physical symptoms of Crohn's disease but forget to consider the many, less obvious ways IBD has impacted my life. Believe it or not, before I spent my...

Maintaining an active lifestyle and incorporating daily exercise is a significant part of managing Crohn’s. Not only will it improve your mood by releasing endorphins, but it can also help...

I'm sorry, but it's just not me. It's you. You're the problem. You always have been. You're gone now. I'll never miss you. There will never be days when I...

Here we are, in the middle of summer now, and another World IBD Day has come and gone. I know many IBD patients who jump at the chance of IBD...

As people who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease, saying we endure a lot would be a gigantic understatement. Many of us have been through multiple surgeries, numerous hospitalizations, terrible side...

I was raised by a single mother who never really drank. She used to keep a cask of St Tropez white wine in the fridge, but I don’t really ever...

Inflammatory bowel disease can be a difficult diagnosis to accept. Which is why I didn't. When I was first diagnosed with IBD, you would have thought the doctor told me...

We all know Crohn's disease can impact every part of our body. From achy joints to sore skin, the manifestations of irritable bowel syndrome (IBD) go far beyond our digestive...

Summertime is a great time of year. The kids are out of school. The weather is warm and friendlier to joints. No one has to get up at the crack...

With any disease, it comes with a cost. It’s not just the emotional cost of dealing with something that comes on unexpected.  There is also a monetary cost to having a...