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 [...]

Tags: colitis, confidence, crohns, dating, disease, happiness, j-pouch, Jpouch, multiple sclerosis, ostomies, powerful women., relationships, Ulcerative colitis.

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 [...]

Tags: colitis, confidence, crohns, dating, happiness, happy, IBD, ileostomy, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, internet dating, j-pouch, Jackie, Jpouch, love, proud, relationships, UC, Ulcerative colitis.

I posted on the BPT facebook page earlier last week that I had pouchitis and that I was taking Flagyl for it. Well…I got cocky. I felt better within a few days and like a total dumb ass stopped taking the Flagyl after only about 5 days, only half of the recommended course. In the past this has worked for me, however I [...]

Tags: chronic illness, chronically ill, colitis, crohns, disease, doctors, ER, hospital, IBD, j-pouch, Jpouch, pouchitis

Hey remember me? I used to blog here. LIfe got in the way and I’ve been a little MIA. While I was gone I ran this little race called The Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon, oh you know, NBD. Check that. It was a total big deal. Here’s how it went. We arrived in Vegas on [...]

Tags: colitis, disease, Girls With Guts, happiness, IBD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, j-pouch, multiple sclerosis, powerful women., running, Team challenge, Ulcerative colitis., working out

Team Challenge update: I started running again this week. Thursday I did three miles and I thought I’d die. Seriously…I couldn’t breathe, and I couldn’t run and everything hurt and everything sucked. I just kept feeling like a giant failure. So this past Saturday was our last TC group training session. We were slated to [...]

Tags: disease, exercise, happy, hope, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, j-pouch, Jackie, running, support, Team challenge, working out