IBD Friendly Activities...Finding IBD-friendly activities can be a challenge sometimes. Over the past few years, I’ve been a lot more involved with hiking and...reactions1comment
What Others Think...For those people who do not have IBD, they can’t say, “I understand the feeling.” That goes for the same, when IBD patients...reactions2comments
Mental Health Month 2019...Each May, we take time to remind ourselves to care for our mental health. This year, the idea of physical vs. mental...reactionscomments
Anxiety & Trips to the Restroom...Before I exhibited symptoms of IBD in my twenties, I had what my family classically referred to as a “nervous stomach.” As...reactions7comments
A Health Update...I like posting health updates. I don't do it all the time, but I think it can be useful. It can be...reactions1comment
Vitamin D and IBD: What's the Link?...Now we're officially approaching freezing weather territory, there's one vitamin we're far more likely to be deficient in: Vitamin D. We all...reactions2comments
Good ol' Emergency Department visits...How many times have you walked into the Emergency Department and tried to accurately explain why you are in there? Do you...reactions3comments
IBD & House Hunting...When I first began showing symptoms of IBD back in the fall of 2009, I was living with a roommate in a...reactions2comments
Springtime...Finally, the winter is over! Even though it wasn’t particularly bad weather-wise, everybody looks forward to Spring. It stays lighter out later...reactions1comment
Broken Homes, Where All The Broken People Live..."Broken homes, where all the broken people live." If you're a true Grey's Anatomy fan, I assume you know where this quote comes from. On a...reactionscomments
My Journey with Bowel Diseases and More...I have had 3 Endoscopes and 2 Colonoscopies within a 5 year period. In that time frame, I was diagnosed with silent...reactions1comment
My Journey With Body Dysmorphia: Part 1...I struggle all the time to recognize myself. My body has drastically changed over the past 5 years. And when I struggle...reactions1comment
How IBD has Amplified my Empathy...Having become chronically ill nearly a decade ago, I’ve learned so much about how I process disease, hardship, and other challenges in...reactions2comments
With IBD, are sometimes the 'what ifs' worse than the reality?...I'm not going to lie. As I'm typing this, I'm having one of these evenings when I get caught in a 'what...reactions1comment
When Are You Having a Baby?...No more than five minutes after my best friend decreed, “You may kiss the bride,” it happened. My little cousin ran up...reactions1comment
Heartbreaking Things that Well-Intentioned People Say...Oh you know the drill. You may be sitting there taking it all in and thinking everything those loved ones are saying...reactions1comment
I Stopped Eating Breakfast, What to Watch for in Your Littles...I’ve been trying for years to put the pieces together to figure out when inflammatory bowel disease symptoms began to present. Like...reactions7comments
This Year's Stomach Flu, Part 2!...Part 1 of the story can be found here. As I was finishing my tests and waiting for my car to come...reactions1comment
Intimacy & IBD Symptoms...Intimacy is not something we talk about often enough when living with IBD. People living with many of the symptoms that come...reactions5comments
Finding Joy...Have you ever noticed people will often try to offer solutions? Such as you just need something to occupy you or you...reactions1comment
