With most chronic illnesses, having a good relationship with your doctor is hugely important but for patients with Crohns disease or ulcerative colitis, I believe it to be exacerbated. The reason for this as I see it is because there is so much unpredictability in this disease, no concrete way to go in terms of […]
Tag Archives: hospitals
Facing Triggers
Yesterday I went into New York City for the first time by myself. This may sound like no big deal given that I am 27 years old, after all. But it was huge to me. I was never a huge city person but that was probably because since the age of 13, I have associated […]
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 […]
Another Invisible Illness: Migraines
Even though last week was invisible illness awareness week, we should never stop trying to educate and raise awareness for the many, many conditions that people all around the world suffer from silently. I want to talk about something I have mentioned a lot on this blog but never went into in depth which is […]
A year later, “My Story”
A year ago, I sat down and didn’t get up until I tried to lay out the last 12yrs of my life with ulcerative colitis in an effort to stop hiding who I was with the world. I spent so long masking everything real that was going on in my life that it was burying […]