Monday, February 13, 2012

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Some Say We Created Our Illness

I live in Boulder, Colorado, one of the most health-centric places in the world. So when I got sick with ulcerative colitis in 2000, I felt like some kind of failure. I was a wife, a mom, and in the middle of my main earning years. It was a terrible time to be sick. I spent a lot of time thinking, "What did I do to create this?"   In... Read moreChevron
posted 06/03/2009, comments (2)|
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I have ulcerative colitis (pan colitis)
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Discouraged

Hi, I hope it's okay if I do a little venting here! I've really been struggling lately with my IBD and I don't know where to turn. Since Monday I've been woken up most every morning with extremely intense joint pain in my knees and sometimes ankles and wrists (it jumps around). I'm pretty sure that it's arthritis...but it's sharp pain that's... Read moreChevron
posted 01/01/2009, comments (21)|
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The little things

This past week, my UC took a turn for the worse. I was admitted to the hospital on Friday morning, after losing 6 pounds in four days, having bloody diarrhea for over a week (sometimes as frequent as 30 times a day) and getting very little sleep. I literally had to be carried down my stairs by my older brother... It was bad. At the hospital, I... Read moreChevron
posted 12/02/2008, comments (3)|
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Acid Reflux Connection 2008 GERD Awareness Week Contest

November 23rd to November 29th marks GERD Awareness week for 2008. Typically, awareness weeks or months are used as a means to promote increased education about a specific condition or disease. But for so many people who experience GERD in their daily lives, awareness means much, much more than "education." Awareness is awknowledgement of... Read moreChevron
posted 11/24/2008, comments (0)|
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Stress and IBD

My doctor (and many others) have told me multiple times that stress will make my UC symptoms worse... I wouldn't say I didn't believe them before, but I never really could tell first-hand.  For the past year and a half, I have been battling a flare that really seemed to come out of the blue; I responded very well to Prednisone, but after... Read moreChevron
posted 11/04/2008, comments (8)|
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