Dear mirror,
I am not afraid of you anymore. I am not ashamed of you anymore. I am not chained or answerable to you anymore. But it wasn’t always this way…
I am on the outskirts of my community. My days revolve around my son Lowell’s state of health on that particular day. He is 15 years old and has severe Crohn’s…
My family makes fun of me because of my pressed juice/smoothie obsession, due to the cost of said indulgences. How many Clippers games could we see a year with what you spend on…
Recently my 19-year-old son Jonah traveled with Lowell (16), who has been battling severe Crohn’s since he was 2, on a family trip with a few of his aunts, uncles and cousins one day earlier then we were to arrive. I instructed Jonah to make sure Lowell drank enough…
“I admire your enthusiasm for a good conversation.” “Wait…can you repeat that?” “I like your stories!” “Oh, you were expecting me to still be listening?” The intrigued, the nonchalant, the unfazed, the amused — I’ve heard it all…
Symptomatic relapse and remission are very characteristic of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and disease flares are often unpredictable, significantly affecting the patient’s quality of life. So far, diagnosis of IBD has been based on clinical evaluation…
IBD or IBS? That is the Question
Many people are confused between two distinct gastrointestinal disorders: inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Clinical manifestations of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease can overlap. However, there are some clinical characteristics that…