Believing that everything happens for a reason is something I feel pretty strongly about. In some ways, I always felt this way but as the years of suffering following my ulcerative colitis diagnosis continued without any end in sight, I started to wonder. I began wondering how that belief system could even pan out with […]
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Latest Video on New IBD / Chronic Illness Vlogging Series
After just writing about The Realties of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) video series, I wanted to share a link to the latest one. The title is ” Are You Ever Too Old To Have Someone Help You?” Always love feedback so let me know what you think by either emailing me marisa@JournalingIBD.org (I will get back […]
How do you know when a doctor isn’t right for you?
I hate not writing regular posts for a lot of reasons. The first being, it makes me feel more connected to the IBD/chronic illness community when I share either what has been going on with me recently, or some thoughts I have based on past experiences. The next post I am going to be writing […]
Using Doctors?
I received this comment on my post about my experiences with pharmacists: “The more I hear about the medical profession the more I am convinced that patients and their caregivers need to be their own advocates and take charge of their healthcare needs and then USE the dr’s for their rx pads…..yeesh….” I hate to […]
Migraines, Chronic Pain and Self Confidence
This post may be a little off the inflammatory bowel disease topic but I think it relates to many IBDers as well as people with other chronic illnesses. Plus, I did learn recently that there may be a correlation between migraines and Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Anyway, I needed to expunge some things that […]