I Became Mrs. New Jersey International While Battling Crohn’s — This Is My Story Sarah May Campbell “ I remember frantically telling my first graders, “Hold on, Mrs. Campbell needs to turn her microphone and camera off really quick” and I couldn’t even make it to the bathroom. There, in my office, I threw up.
What It’s Like To Parent Young Children While Battling Ulcerative Colitis Nicole Carter “ For seven years, I struggled with ulcerative colitis. It affected every aspect of my life. With colitis, you can have good days and bad days.
How I Learned To Love Myself While Living With A Stoma Katie Smith “ Being an 18-year-old girl and hearing “you need emergency surgery to give you an ileostomy bag” was really difficult. That sentence has and will stay in my head permanently.
5 Ways To Successfully Navigate Dating And Social Functions With Crohn’s Disease Katie Kelly “ I knew something was wrong in my early 20s. It was hard enough worrying about fitting in with the popular sorority girls in college.
How I Learned To Love The Body That Tried To Kill Me Ciera Wood “ The mouth sores, the joint pain, severe fatigue, nausea, severe abdominal pain, pain while eating, pain while drinking, pain without eating for a whole day, loosing blood every time I went to the bathroom… How could I learn to love…
What It’s Really Like To Manage Your Mental Health While Having Crohn’s Carlos Papuro “ Our physical health directly impacts our mental health, and the truth is that we need our mental health in order to get our gut under control. You cannot have one without the other.
We Are All In This Together: How The IBD Community Gave Me My Life Back Ijmal Haider “ The first two years of having Ulcerative Colitis are a blur and lucid all at once.
What it’s like to live with Crohn’s Disease Thought Catalog “ What is Crohn’s Disease? According to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. What are the symptoms?