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What I’m about to tell you is a crisis of conscience that many of us with chronic illnesses mid-career will experience at least one time during our careers, if not...

Like many people, I have always been someone who cared what other people thought. I do think being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at the age of 13 has...

While getting “normal people sick” may be inevitable for many of us, here are a few pointers on the Flu. Why it’s so important to get the Flu vaccine every...

When living a life full of flares, pain, and worries it can be easy to fall into that category of deep depression. To just feel like giving up. I know...

Not long ago, I shared my top tips for living with a fistula. This is still an area of IBD that is rarely written about. I wanted to shine the...

Sometimes, I forget how desensitized I have become to certain things until something smacks me in the face. I recently found out that a friend of mine passed away. We...

Read the first part of this article: World Ostomy Day to Me Part 1 What does World Ostomy Day mean to me? Post surgery, our first stomal meeting was very...

What does World Ostomy Day mean to me? I grew up in a family where we didn’t talk or acknowledge that my aunty had an ostomy. It was all hush...

At 23 years old, my health changed. At 23 years old, my life changed. Nine years ago this week, I began experiencing symptoms of Crohn’s disease. As I have written...

Last weekend we had our first house guests at my new townhouse. My fiancé and I welcomed her sister and brother-law in from Texas, as they are helping us with...

When I was first diagnosed with Crohn's disease, I never really thought of anything beyond my digestive symptoms. And, naively, that they would soon be resolved now I had a...

All of my life I've been a patient and a caregiver. I've taken care of myself and my family. I've managed to maneuver through my condition as well as the...

There seems to be a nationwide issue of safely disposing of Sharps after we’ve used them. Disposal sites can be hard to access and there are rules that vary from...

They change through the years. With age, with experience, with health. For me, the way I look at myself and what I see looking back has completely changed since my...

I was three weeks into my first major job after graduating from college when I began experiencing symptoms of Crohn’s disease. I worked in a very small office, with two...

Usually, I spend my sick days in the spring and fall wrapped up in a blanket on my front porch, just hoping the sun will hit my face. It's the...

Recently, someone semi-close to me was in a mental health crisis. Something happened that apparently triggered a lot of terrible thoughts and feelings that he had on and off since...

How are you today? Well... YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! ;) There is nothing like a performance by someone who has truly known disease and illness or suffered in some...

“There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.” - Frank Herbert Every single person has their happy place. Sitting in the sand, next to a body...

It wasn't even 8 am when my eyes fluttered open. I reached for my phone with one hand, as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes with the other. Then...