I posted yesterday about my experience with dating with a chronic illness and in that post I said that I’d ask my new man to post about what it was like to decide to date someone who is a diseased mess. Within an hour he had sent me his post. Prepare to vomit, because its [...]

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So I’m dating. Well, I started dating. Let me rewind. Dating is a HUGE topic in our community because there is a lot of fear around disclosure and acceptance. In the past I’ve written about dating and my opinions, but I have never actually dated since I was diagnosed with IBD. So all of my [...]

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Something is off in the IBD universe right now and I don’t know why, but I don’t like it. Many of my close friends have been sent to the ER and had hospitals stays for blockages, fistulas and a lot of dehydration. So I’ll preface this with, srsly people. Take care of yourselves. We all [...]

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Also…I live in Michigan, where the job market is coming back but still isn’t particularly strong. Before I graduated you could often find me talking to my co-workers at school having mini mental breakdowns about how I’d pay bills and how I’d never find a job. A week before I graduated I was approached by [...]

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I wanted to talk to you guys about employment and how to tackle the medical history exposure part of it. I am only going to speak of my experience, as that is what I know best. More than likely, I’ll be breaking this post into two parts because if I don’t, I know you guys [...]

Tags: advocacy, awareness, career, colitis, confidence, crohns, employment, jobs, Jpouch, support, tears, Ulcerative colitis., working out