Alright! Okay, already! I confess! I, Brooke Abbott, mommy & colitis survivor am and have been a coffee addict. I know, I know, I know!!! I know it’s bad for me! I know I shouldn’t drink it. And yes, sometimes it makes my stomach hurt. But after years of not…
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Epic Family Movie Night
As a Fox Insider, I get to enjoy great films with Jax for our weekly family movie nights. Tonight we are going to a sneak peek of EPIC on Blue-Ray DVD that releases on August 20th! And as a Fox Insider they have given me a copy to giveaway to…
IBD Alert!!! Free Resource!
I wish I had this while I was fighting Colitis with no health insurance, so I want you to take full advantage in my place. The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation is hosting a webinar for Managing Your IBD Care. With or without health insurance, having a disease like Crohn’s or…
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Surviving And Fighting Back
Surviving a terrible disease takes more than wearing colored ribbons and using #Survivor in all of your social media updates. It takes fearlessness and gumption. Beating the disease is not just the act of getting rid of it. What do you do after the last dose of medication? The last…
The Old Young Woman
I think that when they took my colon and said I would be symptom free, I thought that meant ALL the symptoms. And for a time I was completely free of all the symptoms I had ever had while having colitis. Oh but then, The Arthritis, came knocking on my…
Shouting Out To Congress…
…and anyone who will listen. Today a bunch of advocates for Crohn’s & Colitis joined the CCFA in Washington DC to put a voice to IBD. They are sharing their stories and trying to change the way IBD patients are treated by the States, the Nation, Health Insurance Companies and…