Living

Believe it or not, our bodies have internal clocks. That is why we sometimes wake up a few minutes before our alarm clock goes off. When we get into a...

To all my dear friends living with any form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: you and your life matter. If I could help you realize just one thing, it would be...

I’ve already mentioned this in a previous post, but I’m pregnant. So far, it’s been an unexpected journey that’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I’ve had the normal pregnancy symptoms:...

For 6 miserable months back in 2008, I was not allowed to eat. I would imagine what it would be like to eat again. I would call my friends, my...

If you live with any kind of ostomy, you are probably no stranger to skin issues that can come along with it. I do want to preface this by saying...

Life with a chronic illness is hard. Diseases such as ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (Crohn’s) are no exception. Between the devastation of being slapped with an incurable disease...

It’s amazing; I am always hearing of new people being diagnosed with either Crohn’s or colitis. A few months ago, my girlfriend described to me that she was seeing blood...

There is a tremendous amount of trauma and stress when a person has a severe chronic illness like IBD (inflammatory bowel disease). I have written about that a good amount...

Food – the topic that patients living with inflammatory bowel disease hate the most. Seems like everyone and their mama has an opinion about food. "You should be eating this, or...

Having lived with a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for almost 17 years now, I have unfortunately dealt with a lot of bowel obstructions and partial obstructions (also known...

Inflammatory bowel disease alone is a mine field for most people in the healthcare field but when you start adding in surgery, I think people (patients, caregivers, the public, people...

My boyfriend, me, and our friend at Disney. All of us have Crohn's. We all have different ways in which Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis affect us. Some of us...

It's been one of those days as a mom with Crohn's disease. It's not even noon and I've had to pause while feeding my son, put him in the Rock...

This sexy bearded man is my husband, Shannon. Look how loving this pose is and how he tenderly wraps his arm around my damaged body. How loving and romantic! right?!...

Life can be very overwhelming for so many reasons. You certainly don’t need me to tell you that life can be stressful and feel insurmountable at times. Over my 17...

As I bring in the new year I cannot help but reflect on the past. I'm so grateful. I'm grateful for my IBD journey because it has shaped me into...

With Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis (IBD) being such unpredictable chronic illnesses, there is an enormous lack of control that comes alongside this particular diagnosis. This doesn’t just hold true...

When people look at me, they see a 170 LB man. They see my rosy cheeks, full head of hair, and smiling face. What they don’t see is the physical...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has one goal: cause destruction. When living with a chronic illness, you often feel like a lone hobbit in a raging battle against the evil forces...

We often talk about how inflammatory bowel disease is very individual and a spectrum disease, to an extent. Everyone reacts to medications and other treatment options differently. People’s personal views...