No it is not my birthday. However, yesterday we did celebrate my SECOND BIRTHDAY as my mom calls it. April 7th marks the day my life changed forever! It’s the day I had my total colectomy. I closed my eyes April 7th in the worse pain I had ever experienced,…
Tag: Ulcerative Colitis
This Crazy Mama Is A Happy Mama
I guess you can say I have come to completely embrace this whole stay at home mommy thing! I’ve joined the playgroups. I blog about my crazy mommy life. I volunteer for my son’s school activities. I do playdates. And now I’m pushing healthy family products. That’s right, THIS Crazy…
Holiday Travel With An Uncooperative Colon
Here come the Holidays. The last 5 holidays for me were a total drag. In the sense that I consistently had a flare up making it hard to really enjoy festivities! And even harder to travel! But I’ve learned somethings over the years, especially after having Jax. Traveling with a…
End Of A Diseased Era
It’s interesting looking back on my life with Colitis. For the past few months I’ve been obsessed with remembering moments and symptoms and comparing notes. I’m not really sure why. Maybe I’m trying to get a handle on a why and how. Why it happened? And how did it get…
World Ostomy Day! ~Get Educated & Celebrate Life!
Saturday October 6th is World Ostomy Day and because of my reversal surgery last Saturday, it looks like I will be celebrating it without an Ostomy! Yes y’all it would seem that the Colitis/Ostomy chapter of my life has closed with the taking down of my Ileostomy. But that doesn’t…
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A Spoon Full Of Reality Helps The Medicine Go Down
I have to say that God knew what he was doing when he guided my spirit to my mother. She is the best person to mentor me through this life. I don’t see it everyday, but sometimes my heart opens up and I hear her. I heard her tonight. My…