This past year has been one of enormous growth for me. It has been hugely positive in every way. I have finally embraced the amazing IBD/ostomy community and no longer feel the need to spend every waking moment ashamed of who I am. I needed to get to this point very badly in my life […]
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Identity Issues with IBD
Have you ever had an identity crisis? Have you ever had a hard time figuring out who you were or where you belonged? Have you ever had issues with self esteem or body image? If you are breathing right now then I would venture to guess the answer to at least one of these questions […]
An Unexpected Experiment
I have spent the last six months or so trying to establish really great sleep hygiene and I was beginning to wonder if I had trained my body to associate my bedtime routine with sleep. I have been dealing with horrendous migraines recently which has caused me to spend more time doing things in bed […]
The Visible Parts of an Invisible Illness
Even though crohns disease and ulcerative colitis are invisible illnesses, there are very REAL parts of it that make these diseases visible in many ways. I spoke about body image and how it relates to IBD in this post here http://keepingthingsinsideisbadformyhealth.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/body-image-and-ibd/. I promised to expand on this a bit with a couple pictures. This picture […]
Stick with What Works (separate from #NHBPM)
I have been sans power since Monday of last week. Needless to say, it is getting old. I was upstate with one of my dogs like I mentioned in a previous post but with the upcoming storm, I came back late Tuesday night. All of us in the northeast who have been affected by the […]