I am very excited to say that crazycreolemommy.com is not the only place you can now find me! I’ve teamed up with four great IBD advocacy sites. EverydayHealth.com Early on in my advocacy life I was featured on the EverydayHealth.com website talking about a couple of different topics on IBD….
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Surviving Summer & the 4th of July
I’m about as patriotic as they come. I love my country. I love our flag & symbols of patriotism. I love the pomp & circumstance surrounding the 4th of July. What I don’t like is, having an autoimmune disease in middle of summer. I love being outdoors. But too often…
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Hello. I’m Brooke Abbott & I have IBD
After you have a baby you are ushered into this lovely sorority sisterhood of, Mommy Life. And like any type of group there will be the people you connect with and the people you don’t. But no matter what, you are apart of this club with a life long membership….
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The Giant Pat On The Back
For the past five years I’ve been in the trenches of the political, miscommunication and awareness fight of advocating for patients living IBD. I am the unlikely advocate. I was a private person & I’m not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to science. But I made a connection with…
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That one time I was, Cured.
This week I am celebrating the 5th anniversary of my colectomy. The surgery was done on April 7, 2012. But, April 3rd, was the first day I had ever heard the word, Cure, associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. There was this cure to IBD that people were getting. The removal…
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If we are being honest…
If I am totally honest, most of the time it isn’t so bad living with a very small amount of guts and a modified lifestyle. I’ve gotten use to it. I’ve made great friends. My life, my work…it’s all okay. But then some days, it really sucks. I mean, bottom…