"I never pretended that I didn't have Crohn's"

“Get out and live your life to the fullest”

“Don't feel like you are alone in your struggle.”

“He thought I was just making it up for attention.”

"It would have been easy to give up, but I made the decision to start fighting.”

"My symptoms were preventing me from doing my best job”

"I've seen the other side"

"It feels like there's something inside trying to eat its way out."

"Can you imagine?"

"I've always had to jump back up."

"The only way you can live a good life"

"In a lot of ways, I'm really, really lucky."

"I just try to be as honest as I can."

"Find a way to keep doing what you love."

"My most important legacy."

"I have Crohn's, but Crohn's doesn't have me."

"You are capable of so much more."

"As if anyone would make this up!"

"So different from one person to the next."

"I'm taking everything day by day."

"Find the humor, if you can."

"We weren't put on Earth to live in constant fear."

"I've battled to live a normal life."

"It has definitely made me stronger."

"I couldn't tell anyone what was going on."

"I had no idea what it was."