Maria Masington...Maria was previously an advocate for InflammatoryBowelDisease.net. Maria Masington is a poet, essayist, and short story writer from Wilmington, Delaware. Her poetry has been...
Julie Marie Palumbo...After spending 10 years in the Financial Industry and suffering from a chronic illness, Julie decided to pursue a career in what...
Jenna Farmer...Jenna Farmer was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 2012, after suffering from symptoms for 12 years. She is passionate about raising awareness...
What I Would Change...I’ve been through a lot with my condition. By far, it is one of the best and worst things that’s ever happened...reactions1comment
The end of one chapter, the start of another (Part 3)....I hope that if you are reading this, you have already read part one and part two. If you have read them...reactions1comment
Dear Doctor...Dear Doctor, I know that you have learned or even specialized in my disease. You have even helped a lot of people...reactions1comment
Juggling the Fatigue of Crohn's and Motherhood...People often ask, "what does fatigue from a chronic illness feel like?" It can be difficult to describe. It's much different than...reactions2comments
Life continues on (Part 2 of my story)...Read Part 1 of my story here So, we left off at the official diagnoses and what turned out to be the...reactions3comments
Is it Okay to be Angry?...You've probably been told by everyone, if you're like me, that you need to look at the positives and move on with...reactions6comments
Part Two-The Vent...For part 1, read "The Days of the Ventilator." I went into the hospital at 162 lbs to get a total colectomy...reactions1comment
The A-Z of IBD (part 2)...Recently, I wrote the first part of the A-Z of IBD part 1; a guide for what life with IBD is actually...reactions1comment
Happy to Have Answers...I think it was in 2004 when I first started feeling not well. Sure, there were some gastro symptoms, but I didn’t...reactions1comment
Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover...I don't like to talk about my health. It's not who I am. It's messy and makes people uncomfortable. But what happened...reactions3comments
It's Not You, It's Not Me. It's Prednisone....There is a lot of emotion when the word “Prednisone” is heard among those living with chronic illness. Chances are we’ve been...reactions2comments
Every day is a different day...Diagnosis came March 1999. Over the years, it has definitely been a challenge. People say "I can only imagine". Well, I'll have...reactions1comment
My Long Journey...Hello! My name is Jordan, I was diagnosed with IBS at the age of 9 then with IBD at 10. I’d say...reactions2comments
The Flu...My wife has been traveling a lot. She had to go to a few conferences with eight hundred people in a room...reactionscomments
World IBD Day: In 2019, is awareness of IBD actually any better?...Awareness is a word we hear a lot about when it comes to living with IBD. And with each World IBD Day...reactions2comments
Why IBD Awareness Matters...IBD...a fad it seems? When I was diagnosed about 12 years ago, I rarely saw commercials for medications to help with IBD...reactions1comment
Parenting and Fatigue...Being a parent is a tiring job, and often, life with a chronic illness often comes with fatigue. Both together can be...reactions2comments
