Exercising has always been the greatest mental health medication for me. It made me feel more centered and focused. The benefits of this are widely known so I won’t bore you with the obvious. What I did want to bring up is how frustrating it can be when you have a chronic illness and you […]
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First Guest Blogging Post For #CCEffect Published
As a begin to become a regular monthly contributor to The Crohn’s Colitis Effect blog, I wanted to share my first post entitled “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Exercise Thoughts” You can find the article here: http://cceffect.org/inflammatory-bowel-disease-exercise-thoughts/ Please head over and check out the post. Like I had mentioned in this post here, the posts I […]
The Only Time I Dislike Having an Ostomy: The Heat
The spring/summer is the only time of year that I really don’t like having an ostomy. Not saying I love it the other months, but ya know… I accept it and it has been a lifesaver for my health. I don’t want to be a complainer but I imagine other ostomates feel similarly at least […]
Living in Chronic Pain part 2
After writing about living with chronic pain, I started thinking that there were so many other areas that this topic creeps into. When you are in a lot of pain, sleep is generally an issue. When sleep is an issue, you are usually tired throughout the day. When you are feeling lethargic (and sometimes moody due […]
New Years Thoughts
I can’t believe it is 2014! I spent a couple days at my parents lakehouse which was really nice. Like everyone, I have been thinking about a bunch of New Years resolutions. The first one that really comes to mind is overhauling my diet. I find it incredibly difficult to eat well because my diet […]