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When my phone began ringing early-Friday morning, I felt something wasn’t right, but my head was so heavy with sleep I couldn’t quite answer. A little while later it rang...

When I first was diagnosed with Crohn’s, I was afraid to leave the house. You couldn’t pay me enough money to travel, and stay in a hotel bathroom. Over the years...

I spend a lot of time talking with fellow inflammatory bowel disease patients. Several times a month, I get questions from women worried about fertility and whether or not they...

It was a dark and stormy night. Seriously, it was. The weather matched my mood, exactly. I was not feelin’ the day, and if I had my way I would...

The unspoken label no one wants, but is referred to anyway.. the "sick" friend. Not everyone has one, but in a world full of amazing scientific research, as well as the...

My stomach looks like I have been through a war. If you saw me walking down the beach, would say to yourself: Wow, what happened to that guy. I wrote in...

Summer is upon us and for many of us, that means jetting off to somewhere exotic. When I was first diagnosed, I was actually living in China -and for the...

My Crohn's Disease journey actually began in China-of all places. Despite having symptoms for almost 12 years when living in the UK, it took a move of over 5000 miles...

The term ‘Patient Advocate’ can be a bit controversial and misleading at times. There is no one definition to show exactly what an advocate actually is. Not every advocate has...

Eff Your Beauty Standards is a movement created by Tess Holiday and it's one I am extremely passionate about. Media in all manners, including social media, all promote a certain...

Let's talk about an uncomfortable topic today: when medications fail you.. rather when YOU failed medications. There is much guilt, anger, and denial that is not talked about enough, and I...

I'm going to blame the fact that I've only ever known life being sick as the excuse to why I am so socially awkward. You'd assume that because I live...

You want to participate and enjoy, but unfortunately you have more on your plate to worry about than the average bear. Fact is, for a lot of us traveling can...

Living with autoimmune diseases and the challenges they bring is enough for any one human. Then pack on raising and caring for a smaller human. And if that’s not enough...

We all hear how important it is to be your own advocate. I think everyone with a chronic illness has heard how crucial it is to become an educated, informed...

Patients living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis know all too well that malnutrition is a common occurrence. Not to mention a nuisance. It is not easy to keep on...

Last month, I was hospitalized for the majority of its entirety. Upon each release, it was evident how weak I had become when attempting to take a shower. I was...

I felt great! I could eat whatever I wanted, with very little issues. I knew that steroids were just a band-aid and eventually I would have to get off of...

From things our doctor's didn't mention when we were diagnosed, (that they probably should have). To the things we ourselves withhold from the world. At times I ask myself, "was...

For many of us living with IBD, it seems like our care team is bigger than our immediate families. But there are very important reasons to have these specialists on...