With this week comes more doctors and appointments, more phone calls and more prescriptions, with more major decisions needing to be made. Since last week, I am significantly less nauseated, and I have even managed to keep a few meals down. My new ailment, though? My sleep is eluding me again. I am up at... Continue Reading →
This morning the hubs and I got to make the 3-hour commute from Georgetown to Indiana University, for yet another consult. We had a 20-minute consult, this one with Dr. B, a digestive disorder specialist, to discuss my Crohn's and plan for the Double Balloon. Couldn't we have done this over the phone?! Sure. But... Continue Reading →
Here are 5 things to know about Crohn's Disease, if you don't know about it - or me - already. 5. Crohn's is a Disease Okay, so that one was a given. Of course, something labeled Crohn's Disease is a disease. Crohn's is a disease specific of the gastrointestinal tract or GI tract. Crohn's makes... Continue Reading →
Considering I have been diagnosed with an incurable disease like Crohn’s, I feel I have every right to be upset, and to be upset often, if that’s how I decide to cope with my issues. If you were put in my shoes sometimes, you would be troubled too. I am struggling with this incurable issue, a... Continue Reading →
Inducing Crohn's disease issues is easier than you'd think. You have to find a food that bothers you, and eat it, and you look for pain and inflammation. Simple as that. Knowing I had the Pill-Camera to look forward to on Tuesday, we planned on lasagna for Sunday night, because for month's it has been a consistent problem... Continue Reading →
It's funny how slow time can be, but before you know it, another week is gone, then a month, then a year. We are slowly meeting our 1 year anniversary of living in Kentucky in a few weeks. This also means it's my 1 year anniversary of seeing Ky doctors for all of my Crohn's... Continue Reading →
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