As a person with inflammatory bowel disease the possibility of getting fissure’s, abscesses and fistula’s are always in the back of my mind. Last month I had an abscess scare. Thankfully I didn’t end up having one but the process to find that out was not a fun one. It all started out as rectal…
Today I saw my GI doctor for the first time in a year. Which to me is a good thing. It means that I wasn’t sick enough to have to go in for a visit. I did get sick a few times over the last year but they worked with me over the phone thankfully.…
One of the things I’ve noticed about my IBD is that things don’t always stay the same for long. It took me a while to figure the latest problem out but once I did I was pretty bummed about it. After three months I realized that my symptoms were getting worse in between my Humira…
WEGO Health: Living with an illness, you are more likely to face, people who don’t understand your daily struggles. Sometimes, these people can be inconsiderate and hurtful. Have you ever wanted to tell them how you really feel, but didn’t feel like you were able to? Now is your chance! Write an open letter to the people who have hurt you. What would…
WEGO Health: Tell us about your how you maintain a healthy lifestyle. What is your favorite type of exercise? How do you manage fitness with a chronic illness? Maintaining a healthy lifestyle with a chronic illness is not an easy thing to accomplish. There are times you’re so sick that it’s all you can do to get out of…
WEGO Health: The top story of today is…YOU. Share with your readers your proudest accomplishments in the last 5 years. Don’t be shy, tell us everything! I have a few accomplishments that I’m proud of. Graduating from college Cum Laude with a 3.64 GPA with a BS in Biomedical Engineering Techonolgy is probably one of my proudest accomplishments.…
WEGO Health: What good habits, (health or otherwise,) do you have? Do you have a routine that you follow every morning? Are there any bad habits you wish you could break? I’m terrible at creating habits. And it doesn’t take much for me to get out of a really good habit. Before I got sick last May with another…
Last week I started going back to the gym after not going for several months. I really need to lose some of this weight that I gained from the steroids that I was on for 10 months. I also want to work on being healthier this year. This includes working on what I eat. In…
I had an appointment with my new dermatologist today. After three months of having weird itchy dry rashes on my face I finally made it in to see one today. I will call him Dr. G. Dr. G thinks that I probably have Psoriasis although it could be several things. Like Eczema, Rosea, ect. It…