Holidays Are For Healthcare Providers, Too...Happy holidays everyone; it's insane how fast 2017 passed by. In honor of the holidays and December being my 3 year anniversary...reactions1comment
8 realities of Christmas with Crohn's Disease...The nights are dark and the weather is crisp. Which means we are officially on the countdown to the festive season! There's...reactions2comments
Fear of Expecting the Best...Have you ever been afraid of being positive? Afraid of having high expectations of yourself or your body? Solely because you know...reactions4comments
It's Okay To Love Yourself...I spent years hating myself. I hated myself for being sick. I hated myself for being different. I hated myself for being...reactionscomments
When Your Life Comes Crashing Down...When I was first diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, I didn’t take it seriously. I thought all I had to do was take...reactions3comments
I was diagnosed in 2015...I was just 15 years old when I experienced heavy rectal bleeding, diarrhea and abdominal pain for a week. I went to...reactions3comments
Coping as best I can......Was diagnosed after surgery for appendix which revealed a baseball size mass caused by Crohn's. Lots of loose bowels most of my...reactions1comment
Don’t Neglect Yourself This Holiday Season...Well, here we are, another year has come and gone and we’re about to enter the holiday season! The holiday seasons are...reactionscomments
30 Year Struggle...I’ve had a thirty year struggle with Crohn’s disease. When I was around ten years old I used to get bad stomach...reactions3comments
Diagnosed 20 years ago...After suffering most of my life with stomach pains, finally was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 50. Already was diagnosed with Hashimotos...reactions2comments
My Crohn’s life...My Crohn’s disease made its entrance when I was pregnant, so I was hard to treat because the baby had to be...reactions1comment
The Awareness, I Love It...It may just be my lack of watching television or popular shows, but lately, I've really been seeing a lot of good...reactions4comments
IBD won’t win...I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis when I was 16. Now, 20, I’ve been through many different kinds and combinations of treatments...reactions3comments
From hopeless to hopeful....Until last Christmas my family has been pretty lucky healthwise. We’ve barely had more than a cold but last fall our 16-year-old...reactions2comments
Miss Fisty...Being a Crohn’s fighter since age 19, at age 35 I was a pro...sorry, a “bowel Queen", when this short but timeless...reactions3comments
Educated, empathetic, caring, artistic....sorry guys, I’m a poop 👑...Instead of re-living the same pain journey, here’s some fun points. 1) Diagnosed age 19 when nursing college started, perfect timing cause...reactions2comments
Boy does life change! How Denial Can Be a Dangerous Thing...I recall carefree youthful days, full of athletic vim and vigor. Never a medical care in the world, I was a very...reactions1comment
My journey...I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 10 years ago. Then I was put on high doses of prednisone and I wasn’t getting...reactions1comment
2 years...Here I am two years later. Two years later since the headaches. Two years later since the dizziness. Two years later since...reactions2comments
A fight against me...I am 27 and I recently got diagnosed with IBD-UC. Before this happened, I didn't even know anything about it- that my...reactions2comments
