Explain your disease in 30 seconds!

Does anyone find it difficult to be brief when you try to explain your illness? After writing for this blog for two years and all the research I've done I still don't have that "Elevator Speech".  An Elevator Speech can be defined as a clear, brief message or “commercial” about you . When I was … Continue reading Explain your disease in 30 seconds!

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Typical IBD struggle . . . .

A week ago I attended onsite training at my job, total training session was 4 hours. Prior to the training, the idea of being stuck in a quiet room with people where I'm forced to be social for four hours spiked my anxiety.  Not just for the social aspect,  but the past couple of weeks … Continue reading Typical IBD struggle . . . .

100 followers!!

Wow!! Thank you guys for all the support! I started this blog last year as a coping mechanism, a  way of dealing with this major lifestyle change of having IBD. I started writing not knowing what I was talking about, but just documenting my daily struggles.  Thanks to all of you for joining me on … Continue reading 100 followers!!

Lost a fight with onion rings . . .

So I know eating fried food is never a good decision when you have IBD, but whenever I visit my mother she never has safe food for me to eat and I was too broke to buy anything. Late in the evening I was still hungry and didn't think the frozen Nathan's onion rings that … Continue reading Lost a fight with onion rings . . .

I hate winter . . .

I'm a summer baby and love warm weather, and love it even more as I get older because it never causes hazardous conditions. Ever since I got into my accident I refuse to drive when there is any possibility of icy roads even when it comes to my health. I ran out of my Apriso … Continue reading I hate winter . . .