This past year has been one of enormous growth for me because I have finally been able to come out of my shell and embrace this wonderful community. I no longer feel like I am the only one who experiences feelings of guilt and anxiety about my illness. I understand that my emotions will come […]
Over the past several weeks I have heard a number of people who suffer from ulcerative colitis or crohn’s disease tell me that something positive happened or that they were feeling well but they were finding it difficult to enjoy the good times. This has been the case for me for a long time and […]
I spoke with someone a number of weeks ago who just recently went in to have Jpouch surgery and during the course of our conversation, it made me realize a lot of things about how different IBD patients are. The way a patient with crohns disease or ulcerative colitis presents is not only very individual […]
There is definitely power in numbers when you have IBD. I started thinking about this after learning about the Crohns Colitis Foundation of America’s “Power of Two” program where they pair a newly diagnosed patient with someone who has had either crohns disease or ulcerative colitis for a while. I honestly don’t know much about […]
My dad has always said to me “I may not always be right but I am never wrong” and my mom has said many times “Mommy knows best.” We are all wrong at some point (obviously) and there have been times when my mom didn’t know best but in all honesty, both of my parents […]