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Disease-iversary

As of this month, it has been twenty years with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  While I have other illnesses that significantly impact my life…

The Lighter Side of: Limits

Chronic illness has an inventive way of limiting what we do, or more accurately, how we do things. Having illness does not necessarily me…

The Lighter Side of: Inflammation

Inflammation can be horrendously painful.  It is, also, often difficult to explain or understand. There have been various descriptions that…

Second Guesses

While watching shows like Chicago Med and Grey's Anatomy, we always see the guilt and the second-guessing that occurs when a nurse or d…

What's My Superpower?

What's my superpower? Anyone who endures high pain on a consistent basis will have this superpower: I can sit in a crowded Emergency …

"You Won't Have to Take Medication"

I see and hear this phrase everywhere. Usually it isn't a statement made to me personally, but it is said to people with chronic illne…

Weird Health Wednesday - Painless Pancreatitis

Welcome to Weird Health Wednesday! Today's topic of weird health is concerning the issue of Pancreatitis - with no pain. As I have me…