A few weeks ago at The Club MomMe Fall Fest I met someone working for a new website made to make Mommy’s life easier. The company was Kuyam. When I went online to check them out, I fell in love. Here’s why. Kuyam is a fantastic website that allows you…
Tag: Ulcerative Colitis
Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week
This week starts off Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week. I love this week! It isn’t just a time to educate and advocate for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, but a time to celebrate those of us who have been affected by this disease. Whether you are a patient, caregiver, supporter or…
Co-Conspirators: The Jax & BamBam Chronicles
If there is one thing you should know about patients with Colitis and Crohn’s it’s that a lot of our time is spent in the bathroom. For instance, when I was sick and flaring up, I was in the bathroom on an average, 12 times a day. With my J-Pouch,…
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…