Find A Reason: Celebrating Small Moments Helps Me Live Well...It can be really hard to be happy when living with an autoimmune disease. Debilitating symptoms, isolation from friends, food anxiety, chronic...reactions2comments
How My Evil Colon Tried to Ruin My Marriage Proposal (Part Two)...Find part 1 here. ...He ran into my room looking like a child who’d just found a chest full of candy. He...reactionscomments
The Quiet Bowel...When I was getting ready for my j-pouch surgery, I had to do a full bowel prep. The reason that they make...reactions1comment
Drinking...I was raised by a single mother who never really drank. She used to keep a cask of St Tropez white wine...reactions2comments
Don't Compare Yourself to Other Patients...One of the biggest downfalls of living with Crohn’s disease is comparing ourselves to other patients. We often hear “this worked for...reactions2comments
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If not you, then who?...Such a provocative title isn't it?! I'm not meaning that you need to suffer for the cause. I mean education and advocating...reactions1comment
Finding Your Passion Through Pain...It's so crazy how something can be so bad, yet bring so much good to your life. My condition has taken so...reactionscomments
Quality of life and IBD: How to discover yours and not let go...What does quality of life mean to you? As someone who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease nearly 15 years ago, it feels...reactions2comments
No One Ever Comments on Appearance...I recently had the pleasure of attending a conference in San Diego called Digestive Disease Week. I am part of the IBD...reactions3comments
My First Vacation Since I Was Diagnosed With Ulcerative Colitis...Last month, I went on my first real vacation since I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 13. I also went on...reactionscomments
Healthcare Obstacles & the LGBTQ+ Community...Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. To learn more about gender identity, check...reactionscomments