Given my experiences with ulcerative colitis, there are many things I stay away from on television or in books. I believe I have mentioned before how I was a huge greys anatomy and private practice fan up until a year or so ago. I used to look forward to those shows, would watch re-runs all […]
Tag Archives: triggers
Facing Triggers
Yesterday I went into New York City for the first time by myself. This may sound like no big deal given that I am 27 years old, after all. But it was huge to me. I was never a huge city person but that was probably because since the age of 13, I have associated […]
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
I can’t really bring myself to allow anymore emotions onto the surface other than what I wrote early yesterday morning about my grandfather. I do need to write I just also need to make sure I don’t fall apart in doing so. I thought I would talk about what it was like for me to […]
Finding a Balance as an Advocate
I have been toying with the idea of going back to school to get my masters degree in social work but since I started blogging and becoming more engrossed in the IBD and health care community, I began to question whether it was the right fit for me. I am someone who wants to help […]