Do you ever feel like doctors don’t take you as seriously if you’re at a “healthy” weight? From my experiences, doctors have always listened and tried harder when I was at a very low weight. Invisible illness is tough for so many reasons. One of them is having doctors truly understand what you’re going through […]
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World IBD Day
Tomorrow is World IBD Day and rather than writing a post about how important awareness is, yada yada, I decided to turn to twitter (and instagram) to help me. I am scheduling tweets about Crohns and ulcerative colitis every 20 minutes from 12am the night of May 19 until 1140pm on Monday night. Please follow […]
Spring is Coming
I know most of you are looking forward to this snowy winter coming to an end. While I don’t love the mountains of snow either, the beginning of spring is a little difficult for me. I used to love everything about the warmer weather. My summer swim team was the greatest. I loved being able […]
Identity Issues with IBD
Have you ever had an identity crisis? Have you ever had a hard time figuring out who you were or where you belonged? Have you ever had issues with self esteem or body image? If you are breathing right now then I would venture to guess the answer to at least one of these questions […]
Body Image and IBD
When a person suffers from moderate-severe inflammatory bowel disease, there is a very real possibility that they are going to suffer from some type of body image issue. I am not saying that everyone diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and crohns disease aren’t confident, well adjusted people because that couldn’t be farther from the truth. But, […]