7 questions to ask your doctor when pregnant with IBD...After sharing my first and second-trimester pregnancy updates, I thought today I would focus on dealing with your medical team whilst pregnant...reactions2comments
Between Surviving & Thriving - Still Looking for a Middle Ground...As I’ve begun settling into my early 30’s over the past few years, I’ve become increasingly cognizant of my behaviors. This includes...reactions4comments
The Supportive Husband...The hardest thing about reading my posts if it's your first time is understanding my sense of humor and brutal honesty within...reactionscomments
Ridesharing and IBD...When I first was diagnosed with Crohn’s, ride sharing was not a thing. I would never get into a cab, as I...reactionscomments
College as a Sixth-Year Senior, a Crohn’s Story...Once upon a time, I was the youngest student in my college classes. By the time I graduated, I was the oldest...reactionscomments
40+ Years of IBD, 2 years of Pyoderma Gangrenosum...When I got out of the Navy I was in good health, but found out a few years later that I had...reactions3comments
Empowered...If I had to think of one word to describe my year, it would have to be: Empowered. Last year, more than...reactions1comment
Pyoderma gangrenosum...I have been dealing with a very rare disease. I have had Crohn's disease since 1998 and in 2000 I had to...reactions8comments
Living with no answers...I was diagnosed with Crohn's-Colitis last year. I've had symptoms all my life, but they were always played off as being a...reactions1comment
Long Road...I went years un-diagnosed, many doctors telling me it was in my head. I was persistent enough to keep asking questions and...reactions6comments
Crohn's kicks my butt...I have had Crohn's all of my life, but was not diagnosed officially until two years ago. Before I was diagnosed, I...reactions5comments
My story, waiting for a diagnosis....It all started 10 weeks ago. It was 4 days before Christmas and I started to suffer with diarrhea. It was very...reactions4comments
It’s a marathon...I was diagnosed with UC four and a half years ago after a month of symptoms. For three years, my UC was...reactions1comment
Long time Crohnie...I started demonstrating symptoms at age 8 and was finally diagnosed at age 10 with Crohn's Disease- that was in 1979. So...reactions1comment
A glimmer of hope......I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when I was 28 years old. It took about 2 years to get into remission but...reactions5comments
IBD & My Significant Other - Part 1...Kelly sat down with her significant other to talk about IBD and answer questions. Crohn’s disease. This is something that you know...reactionscomments
Pregnancy Diaries: My Third Trimester...Hi all! Wow-doesn't time fly! It doesn't seem like five minutes since I was writing my first-trimester diary and now I am sitting...reactions1comment
Alternative Options for Managing Chronic Pain...Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can cause significant pain in the body, leading many people who live with the condition to seek out...reactionscomments
I Was Wrong...When I was first diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I was extremely uncomfortable, mentally and physically. I'd been experiencing pain, fatigue, blood...reactions6comments
Medication Struggle...I first felt symptoms when I was 13. We went to a gastroenterologist and he confirmed that it was Crohn's Disease, he...reactions1comment
