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My Moment With God

In March of 2004, I had an abdominal surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, secondary to a surgery performed the year prior: after spendin…

Favourite Pleasant Surprise

Let's face it - dating with any kind of chronic illness can be incredibly difficult.  Dating with illnesses like Crohn's Disease, U…

Daily Life with IBD

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

Busy Immune System

I have a fair few number of diagnoses.  Most of them have something to do with inflammation and many of them are autoimmune in nature. This…

Evil Blueberries

For a long time, most fruits and vegetables were simply 'off the table' when it came to my diet. The truth is that my IBD was beyon…

Digestion

You know at Thanksgiving or Christmas when you very literally have to take a nap because your body is working SO EXTRA HARD to digest the m…

Outhouses

On my great search for any toilet on any road trip - planned or unplanned - I almost always end up at one of these: A roadside turnout out…

Ate Too Much

So yesterday I had planned to eat bland food that is easy to digest, and even thought about ONLY having Boost the entire day. By the aftern…