The Lighter Side of Medicine

I had this amazing professor in University. He was my professor for my Spanish class as well as for my Swing, Latin, and Hip Hop Dance Clas…

This morning got me pretty panicked. Over the past two months I have kept saying that my IBD symptoms are still 'not as bad as they we…

Alright - so during IBD flares, how do you stick to easily-digestible soft foods and still make it taste good?? This dilemma - of making f…

Earlier tonight I was having a pretty great night. Our weekend plans had been canceled at the last minute, so we decided to have a little …

On a pretty stressful day, I am more thankful than ever for my loving fiancé, my family, and for the life that I have. A bad day dealing w…

Today is a treatment day, which usually consists of an early 7am injection, an hour or two of downtime while my body adjusts, followed by a…

Alright, so if this truly is my 'new normal' with my Crohn's again then my diet will need an overhaul. Over the past 3-4 years…

I recently had an MRI done to check on the progression of my Ankylosing Spondylitis. The results were a little sobering - it just kind of m…

In regards to my AS, I have been a bit lucky. For some patients, symptoms show up before any evidence shows up in scans. So 5 years ago, my…

I have a very complicated relationship with food. I would not be considered a picky eater, because there are very few foods that I detest…

Although it may sound like a conundrum, there is such a thing as a bad day that is also a good day. Yesterday was a bad health day. I was…

A funny little thing used to happen when I was in high school and University. We never knew why and it was probably a simple coincidental p…

It is quite evident that opinions differ greatly on when, why, and for how long someone might be kept on machines keeping them alive. Some…

Yesterday I had an appointment with my pain specialist. We discussed several topics, including my lessened pelvic pain but increased arthr…

When you have a disease like IBD that is flaring up, it is impossible to know what foods will help or harm. There are some obvious guideli…

In the medical world it is sometimes a little tricky to navigate the system when it comes to appointments. Each city and each office has it…

Did you know? They say that if a person is in severe pain, it is impossible for him/her to become addicted to pain medication. If the body…

On Sunday night, we had a friend over for a visit. We made a super simple dinner, we sat at the table, then moved to the living. We chatte…

Want to know why it always takes at least a few hours for chronically ill patients to be seen by an ER doctor - when the incident is terrib…

I think one of the most important parts of life for someone with chronic illness is keeping some sort of purpose alive. It is so easy to fa…

Did you know? The occurrence of Hereditary Angioedema is approximately 1:50,000 people. There are three types. Type I is the most common…

There is a list that most of us have, whether it is written on paper, pinned on Pinterest, attached to a 'vision board', or simply …

I have been in a pretty bad Crohn's flare for over a week now, which happens to be the longest flare-up in quite a long time. That sev…

I guess the moral of the story is to care less about what other people think... If I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing, if I…

I want to just think about this for a second: Someone does something illegal - like skiing out of bounds, hiking in closed-off areas, quad…

My body has some predictable reactions. When I was in University and then subsequently in the workforce, if I pushed through with an insan…

Time for some lighter posts. I am celebrating today - for several reasons. • I am celebrating today because I am 31 years old, and I was …