The Lighter Side of Medicine

At the end of a week or two, when we get laundry done, I can always tell if I have had a busy-ish and good week, or if I have spent the maj…

Today I am in a wonderful mood!! It is absolutely beautiful outside, and for once the breeze is completely welcomed as it has not triggere…

Since I was a young kid (elementary school), I have always wanted to travel to Tahiti. It was in part because of a research project I had …

There have been a few things recently that have been eating away at me. First of all, this Cosentyx and these Cortisone injections have h…

I have recently cracked open this particular collection of poems, written by Tyler Knott Gregson, called "Chasers of the light: poems …

The last few days have been great! Really great! I had the honour, for the fifth year in a row, to be involved in the Crohn's Colitis …

It is no secret that dealing with health problems, especially chronic and incurable health problems, is a battle. Every single day is diffe…

Soooooo I have an allergy to caffeine. I found this out several years ago, with an unfortunate throat swell and trip to the Emergency Room…

This is a question that I think we all ponder when we have a chronic illness. The short answer is NO. My entire being does not begin and…

I am lying here wide awake. Completely wide awake. So much so that I looked at my pills to make sure that I had taken all of them... Eve…

Whenever I read a book, I always take time to write down quotes from the book that really speak to me. I finished reading The Nightingale …

Overall I would say that I am fairly even-kilt when it comes to my emotions. I wear my heart on my sleeve, so I get really into books and m…

After watching someone on tv tonight get emotional because of pressure, I wanted to talk about the distinction between crumbling under pre…

Having done this once before, last Friday, I was much less nervous. Let me rephrase that, I was still very nervous, less petrified. Of co…

I have had dark circles under my eyes since I was a young teenager. I started to really notice them when I got sick (which is kind of expec…

So, I feel slightly better today (yay!) After speaking with radiology, as well as my GI specialist, it was decided that going off of antib…

One of the most relaxing activities is the jellyfish float. It is also known as the 'dead man's float' or the 'survival flo…

Being chronically ill includes a whole hell of a lot of shitty moments. Figuratively and literally. (Haha). There's a lot of pain, a…

Today I read about a mother who was unhappy with the manner in which a woman treated the mom's son. The short of it is that the lady po…

Rj asked me today how I somehow find new things to write about nearly each day. How do I come up with new material every single day? Well…

What it feels like: I swallowed a double-edged sword. Every 30 seconds or less, with each movement of peristalsis, this sword is ripping m…

Alright, so today was the day. If you have been following along at all, you'd know that I have been probably uncharacteristically nerv…

I tend to get self-conscious a lot about my illness. Sometimes I feel like I am being too cautious, other times I feel like I push myself t…