My 27 year journey so far......I do not often talk about my illness to people or write it down, however I will for this Community. This is...reactions3comments
Video: Invisible Illness - We Live it Every Day...In this video, I talk about the importance of being seen by others who may not struggle with a chronic condition that...reactions1comment
Building a chatbot to help me cope... A what??...Hi all, this story starts about 10 years ago when I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. At first, I just tried to...reactions2comments
Just A Call Away...With all of the stressors that Inflammatory Bowel Disease brings into my life, one thing that does bring me great relief is...reactions1comment
Navigating the First Few Weeks of Pregnancy with IBD...There's no denying that pregnancy and looming motherhood is the most amazing thing in the world. But IBD and the first trimester...reactions4comments
IBD & Fertility: Let's Talk about Stigma...Now that I’ve shared my journey to motherhood, and talked about the emotional parallels between IBD and infertility, there’s another piece of...reactions2comments
Keeping Your Disease Private Impacts Caregivers...When I first started talking openly about my journey with ulcerative colitis, the title of my blog was “Keeping Things Inside Is...reactions2comments
IBD & Fertility: Emotional Parallels...In my last post, I talked about my journey to motherhood with Crohn’s disease. After nearly a year of trying to conceive...reactionscomments
Managing My Stress These Days!...Oh wow, these days it has been crazy busy in my life, and I am paying for it. I find myself running...reactions1comment
How Unpredictability Affects Animals...In March, my husband and I brought home a 6 week old puppy. Ollie is the cutest thing we have ever seen...reactions1comment
#FL - Friendship For Life...With IBD, I’ve found that it's the little things that matter most. In fact, I’ve learned that something as insignificant as a...reactionscomments
Guilt of Failing Meds...Let's talk about an uncomfortable topic today: when medications fail you.. rather when YOU failed medications. There is much guilt, anger, and denial...reactions1comment
31 Days of Awareness - 31 Things About Marisa...For the final day of Crohn's and Colitis Awareness month, we asked Marisa - our phenomenal contributor and IBD advocate - 31...reactionscomments
This is my story......Hi - just joined so thought I would share a semi brief of my life with Crohn’s. Diagnosed 13 years ago after...reactions2comments
Does All The Trial And Error We Go Through Impact The Ways We Communicate With Our Loved Ones About Their Own Health?...Most people who have suffered from a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for a significant amount of time have seen countless...reactions1comment
Physical Therapy after the Vent...Twenty days on life support was the result of Crohn’s. MERSA and staff infection had taken over my body in the spring...reactionscomments
My Feelings on Using ADA Accommodations at Large Events...In my last post, I talked about Securing ADA Accommodations at Large Events, and listed some of the benefits to asking for...reactionscomments
Being the Sick Friend...The unspoken label no one wants, but is referred to anyway.. the "sick" friend. Not everyone has one, but in a world full...reactions1comment
Therapy - Does it Work? Part 1...For years, I struggled to figure out what went wrong with my surgeries. Why did I spend over a year fighting for...reactions1comment
Getting appy: The apps I use to manage life with Crohn's...Am I the only one who's a bit of a phone addict? Perhaps it's the fact that so much of our support...reactions1comment
