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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 7th: Not All Superheroes Wear Capes
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek “I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength” Somewhat of a cliche now, but…
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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 6th: Surgery – Treatment Option or Last Resort?
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek I went through all medical options before I turned to surgery to help my IBD. Some days I wonder if I…
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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 5th: Misconceptions
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek “When they said chronic I didn’t think. They meant every single damn day.” Chronic and invisible. Double whammy. Despite there being…
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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 4th: Fatigue
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek For most, tiredness comes when you’re overdoing it – working too many hours, being social, finding things to do instead of…
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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 3rd: IBD and Mental Health
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek There, I said it. Once you say it outloud, it’s like duh of course it does but that is as far some…
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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 2nd: IBD Stigma
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek What does having IBD mean? It means talking about poo. It means discussing bodily functions with specialists. It means enduring testings…
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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – December 1st: What is IBD?
Part of the week of daily blogs for #crohnsandcolitisawarenessweek What are Crohn’s & Colitis? Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are the major categories of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). IBD affects…