***the following was written while in tears, my computer crashed making me lose half the document initially, and now I don’t have anything in me to add hyperlinks and other things I normally would given the only way I can write on this blog right now is from a mobile device.*** { trying to be […]
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Fourteen Years as an Ulcerative Colitis Patient
Today is 14 years since I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease. As I sit here thinking about what specifically I want to say about today, I am just left sort of speechless in a way. I think I make it known that this disease changed every aspect of my […]
“How Many More?” ~Sharon Saeed
I saw that someone in our community passed away from a status on facebook over the weekend but honestly wanted to brush past it since it was too much to deal with at that time. I find that I need to keep somewhat of a distance from some of the things I hear about daily […]
Most Recent Thoughts About Having an Ostomy
Tomorrow is World Ostomy Awareness Day and I didn’t just want to write a post that simply educates people about ostomies because it is a lot more than that. I also feel like that can be left for other days and times, and doesn’t necessarily need to be done during the designated awareness day. I […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
I always loved watching CNN but lately I have been finding it too difficult to watch the news. It is extremely depressing and while I do like to be educated about the events around the world, I am trying to find a balance between that and keeping my distance between the nonstop horror stories we […]