My entire life my mom has always been my health care surrogate. She is the one I turn to when I am sick. Late night/early morning ER visits, overnight hospital stays, bringing me food, helping me shower, etc. This isn't surprising, I was 9 the first ... Read some More »
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Adventures in Surgery: My 2nd Colostomy
Have I told you about the time I got my current (and second) colostomy? I think I've told the stories in bits and pieces. In honor of my stomaversary (although very late), I thought I would share this tale. Let's go back to Summer 2014. Life ... Read some More »
Adventures in Ovarian Cysts
It seems almost like clock work that my body goes nuts every summer. Maybe it's the heat, maybe Mercury is in retrograde and my chakras aren't aligned, maybe it's a coincidence, but really it's just life with a chronic illness. So where have I ... Read some More »
Adventures in Travel: Key West
Update: I've made some revisions to this post, since some things have changed and have been back a few times. Discoveries from our recent trips to Key West La Concha Hotel & Key West We've stayed here twice and will probably be back. The ... Read some More »
Adventures in Fatigue
You would think it's common sense that fatigue comes with a chronic illness, but some people don't really understand. Right now, as I'm writing this (from bed), I want to go to sleep. I slept through the night, went to bed on time and woke up after ... Read some More »
An Ode to Fart
I used to suffer from terrible gas pains, they were the worst. I can't really explain it, but if I laid down and turned on my side I could relieve the pain by passing gas, yes, farting away the pain. It was amazing. Now a days, it's not really ... Read some More »
Adventures in Guilt
I work a full time job and if you are reading this then you know I have a chronic illness and with that comes sick days. When I've made the decision that I can't go into work I then have to call work and let them know, usually I call my boss (or ... Read some More »
Adventures in Weight Struggles
I read a post online from Lena Dunham that gave me actual chills. I actually haven't watched Girls since the second season, at first I loved everything about Lena Dunham, she spoke her mind and it was fabulous. I wasn't a fan of everything she ... Read some More »
Adventures in Running: Team Challenge Series Part 2
This is the second post in my Team Challenge series. If you haven't already done so, please read Adventures in Running Part 1. Before I knew it the Team Challenge season winded down and race weekend was upon me. I was excited and extremely ... Read some More »