Early yesterday morning, I tweeted and put something on Instagram about my night I seriously don’t know how to eat anymore. It sounds absurd but it is true. I absolutely despise the feeling of food digesting and my stoma working. It makes my skin itch, feels like my ostomy is pulling, and it is […]
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Why Am I Doing Work For a Company Whose Drug Failed Me?
I went into my first surgery at the age of 15, at 125 pounds and other than ulcerative colitis, I was generally healthy. This wasn’t done when I had been sick for months and months, was severely underweight, or anything like that. I went into this surgery as healthy as a person who needs to […]
12 Years After My Colon Was Removed…
I was just looking through my blog and realized I have never wrote a post about today’s monumental day. Twelve years ago today, I had my colon removed in an effort to “cure” my ulcerative colitis. I can’t believe how naive my parents and I all were but ya know what? I wouldn’t have had […]
Prelude to a post about what life with a kock pouch was REALLY like for me..
Three years around this time, I had made the decision to have my 5th kock pouch removed. If you’ve been following me at all, you know that was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make. I held out for as long as humanly possible. In early June of 2011, I was just […]
IBD and Ostomy Creeps In …
There are certain times when you are really reminded that your body just can’t do something that seems like a no brainer, simple thing. More specifically, my ostomy crept into my travel plans over July 4th weekend. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) patients often have dietary restrictions. We have blockages/obstructions to think about. Any […]