Charity Sunday
Give Love. Give Support. Give Back. It’s hard to ignore the advertising influx we start to get at this time of year. The holiday season is started with crazy deals on stuff we don’t really want,...
View Article10 Gift Ideas for Crohn’s and Colitis Patients
What gifts do you get your friends who have Crohn’s or Colitis? The holidays are coming up, and we’ve got some awesome ideas that will show them how much you love and support them! Here are 10 ideas...
View ArticleValentine’s Awareness Challenge – Feb ’13
This awareness challenge is easy! Show your love, or start a conversation with some Crohn’s and Colitis Valentines. Click on each thumbnail for a printable copy, or find them on our Facebook page and...
View ArticleIBD and Intimacy – Part II
Crohn’s Disease and Colitis impact us on more than just a physical level. Our mental and emotional states are affected, often including sex and intimacy. In this special 2 part guest post, Licensed...
View ArticleDate Ideas for IBD Patients
Is there another man in your life named John? Is your colon flaring as much as your love for each other? Are you struggling to find some quality time away from the bathroom? When you’re experiencing a...
View ArticleCrohn’s, Colitis, and Being a Parent
We had the chance to sit down and chat with two very special people about an important topic – IBD and Parenting. In this post, we compare, via discussion, parenting roles with IBD. They share their...
View ArticleWhat I Want You To Know
To all the caregivers, bosses, classmates, and friends. To all the boyfriends and best friends, to the girl that I see at yoga class. I want you to know this: I have IBD. It stands for Inflammatory...
View ArticleJust Keep Swimming (For Crohn’s and Colitis)
This very special guest post comes from Ryan Stevens, who attempted a 24-mile swim across Lake Erie, to not only bring attention and funding to Crohn’s and Colitis, but to show his disease that it...
View Article12 More Holiday Gift Ideas for those with IBD
More Gift Ideas for Loved Ones with Crohn’s and Colitis View the first 10 list of gifts We’re sure you’ve already gotten Ask Me and Pooper Trooper shirts for all your favorite IBDers, but here are 10...
View ArticleHealthy, Happy, Holiday Guts
Sugar cookies, homemade casseroles, hot chocolate (with or without a little peppermint kick), that weird dessert your aunt makes that has no name, but tastes so delicious…the holiday season is as much...
View ArticleVanilla Sugar Scrub – IBDIY
Homemade Sugar Scrub Winter air has been especially hard on skin this year, so I made a scrub to gently exfoliate and gives skin back the moisture lost in the bitter North winds. Use this recipe to...
View ArticleIBD and Intimacy – Part I
Crohn’s and Colitis are, to some degree, still considered taboo to talk about. Add sex and intimacy into the equation, and we’ve got a topic that is avoided like single-ply toilet paper. In this...
View ArticleThe Weight of IBD
Our friend Grant and his talented filmmaker colleage Tim collaborated on this short film entitled “The Weight of IBD”. We don’t need to explain it, as it tells its own story. This is an impactful...
View ArticleLearning Life as a Parent of IBD
Knowledge is Power When I became pregnant, I read everything. I read parenting books, psychology books, what to expect books, you name it, I probably read it. To me, knowledge is power, the more I know...
View ArticleLove and IBD [Coblogoration]
Dating as an IBD patient often has more ups and downs than as a healthy person, but there are some good ones out there that remind us we’re more than just a disease, something that’s incredibly...
View ArticleRelationships, Marriage, and IBD
Just like we did with our Parenting Perspective, we sat down to chat with two IBD activists about how their marriages work in the face of IBD. This special conversational post compares two perspectives...
View ArticleBooks about Sex and Chronic Illness and Pain
Being incredibly frustrated by the lack of discussion surrounding fertility, sex, dating, and long term relationships in the IBD community, I searched for some literature on the topic. I read two books...
View ArticleBenefits of a Furry Friend
Not sure about you, but when I am having a bad day (IBD related or not) coming home to my wagging furry friend instantly brightens my mood! My dog Tramp (named after the movie Lady and the Tramp) is...
View ArticleWhat Bonds Us – Our IBD Families
Let’s talk about family for a minute. We’re all a little bit crazy, aren’t we? I bet any one of you reading this can recount a story of a crazy uncle’s antics at a family reunion, or tales from your...
View ArticleAlong the Journey of Crohn’s | Guest Post
I don’t know where to begin. It has been suggested to me many times that I write down the story of my journey through college, getting a grown up job, getting married, having a baby and oh, yeah having...
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