If you want to understand me and/or become familiar with just some of the things patients with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis deal with, PLEASE READ THIS. I know it looks long but believe it or not, it is only about ten percent of what I have been through. As soon as my dad finished […]
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My Ostomy Just Turned 3: What Makes This One Different?
I didn’t want my ostomy’s third birthday to go by without at least a short blog post. I did tweet about this date as you can see here: But for those of you who don’t follow me on twitter ( @JournalingIBD ) and even for those of you who do, I still wanted to […]
Part 1: My Love Life as an Ostomate
On World Ostomy Day, I posted a question on The Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis Diaries: Living with IBD facebook support page What is one question you’d like to ask someone who has an ostomy? Or if you have it yourself, is there something you’d like to ask your fellow ostomates? Most of the questions I […]
A Sick Child Often Becomes a Fearful Adult
When I wrote about someone in my life that had hepatitis C during invisible illness awareness week, I shared with you something that my friend Sara said to me which was how being diagnosed with a chronic illness at such a young age often turns someone into a fearful adult. This obviously isn’t the case […]