irritable bowel disease
Self-Love: Learning to Love Your Body Despite Your Disease
When you live with a chronic illness like Crohn’s disease, taking time to honor all that you do to merely function and keep up with the general population is worth recognizing.
A Letter to My 21-year-old, Newly Diagnosed With Crohn's Self–From 13 Years in the Future
Perspective that I wish I had back when my world came crashing down upon me after learning I would forever have a disease for which there is no cure.
Reflecting on Motherhood & Crohn's: Year One
Parenthood is daunting, no matter what, especially your first time around. Throw in an unpredictable, often debilitating condition and tackling the role is even more challenging.
How to Prepare for a Colonoscopy
When I was 21 I was blindsided with a diagnosis of an incurable chronic illness. I was told I had Crohn's disease—an autoimmune disease that attacks the gastrointestinal tract, leading to severe pain and fatigue (just to name a few of the downsides).
Chronic Illness and Motherhood: Why I Didn't Let Crohn's Disease Rob Me of My Future
When I was 21, my world turned upside down and I was blindsided with a diagnosis of an incurable chronic illness.
On Reaching Remission of Crohn's Disease: Tragedy and Triumph
Exactly one year ago today, my gastroenterologist pulled the curtain back to find me still in post-colonoscopy position, groggy, yet mostly awake and said the words I have been waiting to hear since 2009: "There are no ulcers. You are in remission."
Is Your Bowel Irritable?
Many suffer for years before getting an IBS diagnosis.
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