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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…

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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.

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The first two years of having Ulcerative Colitis are a blur and lucid all at once.

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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?

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Loïs Mills, author of the blog Gut Instinct, is known for honestly sharing the truth of her life as a blogger, media professional and 20-something with Crohn’s.

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If I could get rid of my Crohn’s, I would. I’m not someone who can say I’m glad I have my chronic illness or maybe this was the path intended for me.

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The truth about being Crohn’s-free is you are never truly free.

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Functioning in the midst of little sleep, lots of pain, and/or extreme fatigue.

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Not having the energy to do things I love is frustrating, especially when I know the root cause is my disease.

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I have been sad about my disease, I have been confused by my disease, I have lost a lot because of my disease, but I will never be angry about it – because I love the person it has made me today.