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Treatment Plan #2

I swear, I intended to write this earlier but 1) It was my birthday this weekend (YAY) and 2) mother nature has graced itself upon me and I have been a shrivelled up shrew thanks to her visit. Nothing like having blood come out of both ends to kill your energy…… But my news update:ContinueContinue reading “Treatment Plan #2”

When Shit Gets Tough (Literally & Figuratively)

I’ve been M.I.A. for a bit and I was working on a different post, but honestly this last week has been tough. I’m rejecting Mezevant. I’ve been fighting head aches on and off since I started, but headaches aren’t unusual for me. My redflags were more that I felt like I was getting worse notContinueContinue reading “When Shit Gets Tough (Literally & Figuratively)”

Starting Over

This mostly is going to be more mushy and feely because this time I want to focus on mentally what I’m going through. People keep saying “you’re so strong and so positive. Keep it up.” and I always kind of stare in bewilderment. Me? Strong? Maybe positive, but I don’t know about strong. I cryContinueContinue reading “Starting Over”

Treatments

I think today will be a two post kind of day. First up: Treatment plan as I had promised So, remember my last post how I talked about missing my old life? Well LIFE would have it that, that would be the same night where I would react badly to a medication I’m on and projectileContinueContinue reading “Treatments”

Colonoscopy Prep Sucks

But actually. I was so worked up over the procedure itself that little did I know, that would be the best part about the whole process. Now I don’t know about anyone else’s experience or what they had to do, because maybe it’s different for everyone! But here was my experience. First off I got aContinueContinue reading “Colonoscopy Prep Sucks”

Colitis and Me

Welcome to my new blog! I decided to create this to help anyone, as well as myself, navigate through the confusing world of Chronic Illnesses. In my case, I was diagnosed with distal Ulcerative Colitis. This picture was taken on my diagnosis day. As you can see I am pretty pumped to be in aContinueContinue reading “Colitis and Me”