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Enough as you are, in every way

January 26, 2020 · Filed Under: faith, Health · Tagged With: crohn's, prayer, surgery

Eight years ago this week I was diagnosed with a chronic illness after decades of perfect health. For about a year I only had periodic instances of debilitating pain, but with time Crohn’s disease took over my life. I was constantly nauseous and in pain, I couldn’t eat and therefore had no energy. For allContinue reading >>

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Before and After

June 25, 2019 · Filed Under: Health · Tagged With: crohn's, health, surgery

When my illness was at its worst, a few months before surgery put my Crohn’s into remission, close to half of my hair fell out. This is common when your body goes through trauma (women often deal with this after childbirth), and I knew it at the time. I also had enough hair to coverContinue reading >>

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It’s OK to be sick

August 13, 2018 · Filed Under: Health · Tagged With: Africa, crohn's, family, health, illness, surgery, travel

When I got sick, it was public. I was late and out sick often, I couldn’t be as social as I had been before, I lost a lot of weight and later a lot of hair. I know some people criticized me for how often wrote about my illness, but I didn’t know any otherContinue reading >>

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What grows in winter

January 19, 2018 · Filed Under: Health · Tagged With: apartment, crohn's, gardening, health, marriage, surgery

snowy lavender

On a frigid Friday night about three years ago, I surrendered. I spent the evening pacing the subterranean studio apartment where I lived alone, clutching my hair and praying Hail Mary. The pain I had dealt with since my Crohn’s diagnosis a few years prior had taken over my body and mind. The searing sensationContinue reading >>

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Insurance and the common good

July 26, 2017 · Filed Under: Culture, Health · Tagged With: common good, crohn's, health care, insurance, surgery

I had been working for my current employer for five years, happily paying for my portion of my insurance costs while lucky enough to not need more than a yearly exam, when I became suddenly ill. Out of nowhere I was diagnosed with an unpredictable chronic illness that I had done nothing to cause. AboutContinue reading >>

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