Sage advice

As a person with chronic illness I often feel isolated. My illness can pull me from my friends, work, event, huge life moments, etc. As much as I want my “healthier” friends to understand, they can’t. Even after 20 plus years of living with Crohn’s, I feel like I might just be grasping at understanding

Depression flare

The only way I can describe my depressive episodes is similar to a flare of any autoimmune disease. Right now I am not sure what triggers the episode or how it gets so crappy so quickly. But I guess, the stress of managing life with chronic illness is cumulative. Like any other flare, the exact

I don’t want your pity

I am in the ER again with lots of inflammation for another flare. I was having severe pain which felt like a bowel obstruction but it’s not. However, I was admitted for pain management because I am having 9/10 pain and have yet to pass gas.  In talking to the house doctor, I told him

Isn’t that weird?

I called my doctor the other da because I was feeling a lot of pressure in my abdomen. Very uncomfortable and felt it most when standing. Also, due to the circumstances of my job, when I felt that pressure I could not run to the bathroom which meant an accident. I called my holistic doctor

Holistic healing

I have decided to take the plunge and start going to see a naturopathic/holistic doctor. The downside is that the insurance company does not cover the visits so I have to pay out of pocket. The first visit is 150 dollar for a minute 90 bsession plus the additional cost of the supplements (which was

The Dog Lady

At 28 years old I have had experienced love of the marriage type only one time. Since then I have ventured into the dating world sometimes just dipping my toes in and other times investing entire efforts into it. Regardless, nothing serious has happened in the past four years. I feel doomed to the single life

I lie almost everyday

Today tested my character and broke me down. I am tired of lying. I lie so I must be a terrible person right? Maybe.  Let me explain and you can judge me later. You: How was your weekend? Me: It was good. I just lied to you. I sugar-coated my weekend because honestly you don’t

Rashing out

So to update everyone, I went to the internal medicine/infectious disease doctor the other day and he order like 22 blood test no lie. All were for the most part normal, except for the phospholipids. I am not sure if they were either high or low, but he said that he would have to consult with a

Smile. Laugh. Live

Today, after doing some house work my joints hurt and a fever spiked but otherwise I felt ok. This weekend was the first weekend in a long time I didn’t feel extremely fatigued. I even had a few beers. Of course, there were repercussion as usual, but it was worth it. I didn’t go crazy with

The mystery of the rash continues

So if you have been following my blog you know I have had a rash on my bum for some time now. IF you are a new reader, now you know. I went to my second visit with the internal medicine doctor. The blood work results were not back yet because the lab was dicking