the truth about chronic illness
I need something to lighten what has been a very long week - so I will tell one of my much anticipated holiday stories. On August the 7th my partner and I flew from Australia to Christchurch, New Zealand. It would be the first trip away since we found out about my Crohn's. It should have ...
Its been a hard week... and on Sunday night... I snapped. It was due to many things - probably most notably the fact I had been ill since before Christmas with almost no reprieve. In fact... it appears to the casual observer that I am getting worse. I am at the limit of what conventional ...
It seems every time I think I have turned a corner with this disease - I am bought back down to earth with a thud not long after. Yesterday was the start of a new month - and coincidentally April Fools Day. I felt like I was the only one truly fooled. I thought I was ...
Bribery and manipulation – well I AM a marketer so I need to play to my strengths. Disaster averted…. for now….
It’s not what you know; its who you know. Actually its both. Be informed, be strong and fight for serious illness like IBD to finally be taken seriously.
They are the 4 words that have shaped the last 8 months of my life. Most of my experience with them has been negative. Its true, people are afraid of things they don't understand. Some are starting to come round now though. Reluctant to admit it at the start - many people have abdominal problems ...
Prompted by my amazing partner, I have been looking into a few alternative treatments for Crohns Disease. We are not talking tealeaves and meditation, I know I have a problem and that positivity alone is not going to get it under control. I also know that I can’t continue to stay on the Entocort. The ...
A medication review, trip to Kingaroy and a Performance Evaluation.
Worried about your Crohns medication – yeah me too!
Bowel strictures, prednisone, sulfasulazine and my new life as a Crohns Disease sufferer.
