the swollen colon

Fifteen years ago today, at just seventeen, I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It is hard to believe, at thirty-two now, th...

Today marks my one year BCIR anniversary. I am so happy I made the decision to have surgery.  I trusted my instinct.  I researched.  The d...

Okay.  I haven't been posting.  I'd like to say that's because everything has been fabulous health-wise. Although partially true...

All is going well.  Really. Considering everything my body has been through, and the fact that my small intestine is now serving a complet...

Something amazing happened a couple of weeks ago. I went swimming.  In the ocean.  For the first time in...I can't remember.  My bff A...

I survived. My first day back to work was a success.  After the anxiousness of the attention I would be getting from my reappearance subsi...

Throughout my hospital stay at the Palms of Pasadena, I had old patients come and visit me.  Many of their parting words, and the parting wo...