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One of the worst parts about going to bed with chronic illness is knowing that you’ll wake up still next to it, soon realizing you can’t do a walk of...

I have been there before.  You’re into a great routine working out.  You have been going to the gym week in and week out. You feel great, and then boom! ...

I grew up in a family that didn't speak of politics. I mean, I don't remember politics EVER being brought into a conversation in any family or one on one...

Two weeks ago, I found myself laying on my belly, holding my breath on autocue while desperately wondering how long I could hold off dashing to the nearest bathroom. What...

I have talked a decent amount about how much inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has impacted my relationship with food. I have learned through a lot of your comments, along with...

Friends have come, friends have gone – this is a hard one for me to talk about. Sometimes I feel like I don't have support & resources in others besides...

So you've officially been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, now what? You may be scared, you may even be a little sad or confused. That's okay. It is 100% okay to...

Today I want to talk about how Crohn's disease can manifest in women's genitalia and what complications could possibly arise if/when a woman is struck with symptoms in that area...

I've been living with inflammatory bowel disease since the spring of 2010. Correction, I was diagnosed during the spring of 2010, but I've been living with the condition for much...

I have to admit, I have a strong threshold for pain.  It's probably because of the years and years of spending time in the hospital and surgeries that required major...

When I was 15 I ran away from home. The stress from that triggered a 10kg loss within 2 weeks of my leaving. I was homeless living in hostels and...

With all of the organs involved with Crohn's Disease, it's easy to see how there can be issues with "neighboring parts." Will my sex drive be affected? Are hormones a...

Living with any kind of ostomy can be difficult. On one hand, you have the physical changes a person goes through after undergoing surgery to have an ostomy (permanent or...

Mental Health isn't just supposed to be talked about a few times throughout the year on the National Awareness Days, its for every single day but those days are meant...

Around 2 years ago I experienced one of the worst periods of my life: I had a fistula. If you haven't heard of them, then you're incredibly lucky. They're thought...

Statistics. Numbers. Research studies. When battling inflammatory bowel disease, it's easy to feel like you're just another number. A patient, but not a person. It's an isolating condition, even when...

We see commercials for pharmaceutical drugs and treatments all the time now, but they don't seem to understand what it's really like to live with a chronic illness.I’m not sure...

Resuming a normal sex life after surgery can be intimidating for both you and your partner. After the intensive surgery that your body has been put through, it’s normal to...

One thing I absolutely love to talk about is mental health. Whether it's on my blog, Chronically Strong, my social media and other outlets, or in person. I genuinely think that...

It's important to be able to recognize when you need to breathe, take a moment, perhaps step back and get a clearer picture of things and figuratively hit "reset" when...