Falling in Love, Even with UC...I met Z in 2018 over a dating app where I hadn’t mentioned my ulcerative colitis on my profile. I liked him...reactions3comments
Getting Intimate With an Ostomy...Resuming a normal sex life after surgery can be intimidating for both you and your partner. After the intensive surgery that your...reactionscomments
Turkey Meatloaf...This is a basic recipe for meatloaf. It uses ground turkey in place of traditional ground beef or pork. I find ground...reactions2comments
Mental Health and Crohn's: Reach Out...One thing I have learned with having Crohn's over the decades is that IBD is unpredictable and even though you may get...reactionscomments
Mental Health and UC Connection...My life was total darkness. All around me, the walls closed in. My breath came in shallow bursts. The pain throbbed in...reactionscomments
Why I Won’t Be Taking Prednisone Ever Again...Content note: This article includes content related to suicide, which may be upsetting for some readers. For more information on mental health...reactions9comments
Downloadable Food Journal...One of the most frustrating parts of inflammatory bowel disease is that everyone is different when it comes to how they manage...reactionscomments
Christal Davis...Christal Davis is a 26-year-old graduate student living in Missouri. She first experienced the tell-tale symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease in 2016...
Do Acid Reducers Increase the Risk of IBD?...You may have heard of a link between using stomach acid reducers and flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Several different studies...reactionscomments
Poor Sleep and IBD: Are They Linked?...You are not imagining things. That poor night's sleep may have made your inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) worse. Poor sleep can increase...reactionscomments
Elizabeth Alvarez...Elizabeth Alvarez, 33, was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2011. She was 21 years old and endured many years of suffering with...
My Take on Biologics?...As with IBD, we all react differently to medications and there are dozens of medications, or combinations of medications, on the market...reactions2comments
Tips for Colonoscopy Prep...As a Crohn's patient, I have had numerous colonoscopies (truthfully, too many to count!) and I always like to share tips to...reactions10comments
When Remission Still Doesn't Feel Quite Right...I would love it if remission meant I felt back to my normal self. The reality is that losing my colon has...reactionscomments
My Colitis Treatment Journey: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back…...Do you ever feel like your life is just constantly one step forward, and two steps back? I have felt this way...reactions10comments
My Journey Towards UC Remission...The other day, I read a quote that said, "We are all broken... that’s how the light gets in." It got me...reactionscomments
Living With Crohn's: Let's Share Our Victories...I have found in the past 13 years of living with Crohn's disease that it is those who suffer the most who...reactions9comments
Lemon Parsley Pasta...Are you a Crohn's or UC patient who cannot tolerate tomatoes yet loves pasta? Sometimes, it can be difficult to find the...reactions2comments
The Game of Crohn's...I was diagnosed with severe Crohn’s disease in May 2001 my senior year at LSU. I have endured 5 colon re-sections, 5...reactions1comment
Deciding To Get Ostomy Surgery...Almost everyone, I think, eventually needs to make the decision for surgery no matter what it is. Sometimes it's an easy decision...reactions5comments
