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What's So Difficult About Chronic Illness?

I mean, I would like to think that it's common knowledge that living with chronic illness is difficult. But is it just something we kno…

Question Mark Disease

Living in the grey area of the medical world can be really frustrating.  I feel like I've been trapped in this grey area of health sinc…

One-Size-Fits-All

One of the biggest myths of healthcare is a one-size-fits-all approach. We are led to believe that:  Bacterial Infection -> …

Daily Life with IBD

What is it like to live with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (like Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease...)?  The short version…

Small Inconveniences of Being Sick

So we all know the tragic parts of daily life with chronic, painful, incurable, and not-well-understood illnesses.  But what about the smal…

Bravery Isn't A Feeling

There's something really confounding about the word "brave".  When you're ill, especially with something chronic or somet…

Boosting Immunity

We all hear about these incredible new products or 'super foods' that help to boost immunity. Immunity boosters are the new trend, …

Two Week Update

It has been just over 2 weeks since my last surgery. I am recovering well overall. Rj and I both caught a cold that has been going around…

The Lighter Side of: Failure

Almost every interview I have ever been a part of - whether it was for a job, for a gig, or a simple autobiographical blurb for a fundraisi…

Cravings

I think I have talked about cravings quite a bit on this blog. Cravings are usually a symptom of an underlying deficiency. Usually . Of c…

FtF Prize Pack #5

Our 5th prize pack comes, again, from Lighter Side of Medicine artwork and from Karissa Diane music. The main smaller piece of artwork …

Fight the Fusion Logo

Have you seen the main art piece/logo for Fight the Fusion? If you haven't, please check it out. It's a little busy for a basic *…

IBD In Your Teens

Here is some basic information that I wish someone could have talked me through when I was first diagnosed with an Inflammatory Bowel Disea…

Craving the Outdoors

Every single year I tend to get a bit of cabin fever in the winter. Even though I cannot do much hiking (if any at all) anymore, and I def…

Active Resting

This is a notion not well understood. Active Rest. Complete oxymoron at first glance. A paradox even. Here's a simple way to describ…

Did Too Much

I did too much yesterday. Way too much. I went grocery shopping (with help). We needed to get a LOT of items. I was determined to try doi…

After Crash Day

The crash may be over, but there is still going to be the aftermath. There is always a moment when I know that the worst of the 'crash…

Wedding!!!

We have now been ❤MARRIED❤ for four and a half days and it is amaaaazing. Even with all of the hiccups, all of the pain, all of the fallou…

Health Awareness Days

You know, we each get a few days a year when we are celebrated. We each have a birthday, many celebrate Mother's Day, Father's Day,…