I went into my first surgery at the age of 15, at 125 pounds and other than ulcerative colitis, I was generally healthy. This wasn’t done when I had been sick for months and months, was severely underweight, or anything like that. I went into this surgery as healthy as a person who needs to […]
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Our Norm Gets Skewed with IBD
After reading another writers’ work, it made me think of this quote: “There are moments which mark your life. Moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same and time is divided into two parts, before this, and after this.”- Unknown There were two moments like this in my life that proceeded to change […]
Some Thoughts on Jpouch Surgery
I spoke with someone a number of weeks ago who just recently went in to have Jpouch surgery and during the course of our conversation, it made me realize a lot of things about how different IBD patients are. The way a patient with crohns disease or ulcerative colitis presents is not only very individual […]
How Do You Decide What To Do Next in Terms of Treatment?
There are risks to having surgery and there can be awful side effects to taking medication. So, how do you know what is right for you? The answer is unfortunately that there is simply no answer. These types of decisions come across the lives of patients suffering from crohns disease and ulcerative colitis far too […]
Learning to Trust Yourself Again
Learning to trust yourself is a difficult concept for many people. It is especially difficult for those people who have had life altering decisions made for them by professionals. I am one of those people. I have a strong gut (not literally) and a strong sense of self but over the years, I have found […]