Self-Compassion

Hospital Stays, IBD, and Self-Compassion

Breaking the streak… Not too long ago, I had an almost two-year streak of zero hospital stays going. Sadly, that streak was broken in February. And again a few days ago. Life is unpredictable like that. Like most people, hospital stays always leave me feeling shaken, humbled…, and rattled. The hospital can be a hard place to deal with. Incredibly hard sometimes. After several glorious years of staying away from the hospital, I had forgotten…

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Symptoms & Complications

Crohn’s and Colitis – the Struggle is Real

Can I buy a bowel? Wheel of Fortune jokes aside, living with IBD can be painful. It can be frustrating. Scary. Embarrassing. Agonizing…Soul crushing. I can think of a lot of gloomy adjectives to describe it. And IBD often varies so much person-to-person – age of diagnosis, symptoms, response to medications, extent of disease. No two people’s experience is the same. I’ve had quite the…ahem…colorful experience with IBD. There was a period of a couple…

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