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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Intestinal Blockage: Hands Down the Worst Pain I Have Ever Had in My Life

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I have had Crohn's Disease for nearly 30 years.  I have had numerous surgeries, delivered a baby via natural childbirth (after 27 hours ...
Friday, November 1, 2013

Yoga!

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Exercise is a challenge for me.  I want to exercise and I enjoy the boost of energy I get when I exercise regularly, but it has been a major...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

I'll show you mine if you show me yours

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I remember back when I had intestines.  Back in '01 when I was sick as a dog, rarely going anywhere, and when I did I had to drive--I n...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Dr. Sunanda Kane discusses Crohn's Disease and Pregnancy

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Friday, October 4, 2013

I had an epiphany last night...

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Last night my husband was giving me grief over how much television I watch--right before he took off for the bathroom, for a length of time ...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Lessons learned two years down the road...

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When I got pregnant with Wylie back in 2011 it came after a year of wicked flare brought on by a stupid GI doc that decided that I should ...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Something to think about...

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27 hours of labor and 7 hours of pushing revealed something to me and my team of doctors and nurses that we had never considered:  the scar ...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Sorry to leave the blog hanging

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I realize that I left this blog hanging way back at the end of July but August was a doozy and September trumped  August.  I was in and out ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Stomas during Pregnancy

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I have finally gotten to that point. That point in pregnancy when my stoma goes off and changes.  As if there aren't enough other chang...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Life on Bed Rest has gotten crazy

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I've been missing in action the past couple of weeks because "Pregnancy with Crohn's Disease" has turned in the "Preg...
Monday, July 11, 2011

I knew this tipped uterus would come in handy one day...

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Who would have ever thought I could say that I knew this tipped uterus would come in handy one day? I am one of I'm sure many women th...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

The Status of my Crohn's Disease

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I guess I have been so worried about my incompetent cervix that I haven't taken much time to take stock of my Crohn's Disease at thi...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Day 7 and things have gotten desperate

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I'm on Day 7 of strict bed rest and things have gotten desperate.  I actually just watched Drop Dead Diva off of the "watch it now...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Things are looking up

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Apparently my cervix is an over-achiever.  In only four days it thickened back to 2.6 cm from the 1.6 cm it was the day they put me in the h...
Monday, July 4, 2011

Bed Rest

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I'm not sure bed rest is all it is cracked up to be.  It probably sounds good in theory--lay around, have everyone wait on you hand and ...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

In the Big House

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Tonight's episode of Pregnancy and Crohn's Disease is being filmed live in front of  a studio audience at Huntsville Hospital.  Yep,...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Pity Party

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There is a pity party going on at my house, attendance 1.  I was officially put on bed rest yesterday--at only 24 weeks.  I am hoping that I...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Is that the baby or just the grapefruit I ate?

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Life with an ileostomy is an adventure--you never know what fun you're going to have each day.  Today's fun was brought to us by the...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Reality Check

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I have spent my adult life determined to not let Crohn's Disease define who I am.  I take great pride when people, upon finding out my c...
Monday, June 20, 2011

An Apple Pie Injury

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I have sustained an apple pie injury.  This injury has next to nothing to do with being pregnant and having Crohn's disease, but it is f...
Friday, June 17, 2011

You don't know what you are getting yourself in to...

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I had my first "can I touch your belly?" recently.  I know that it is every little old lady's desire to rub a pregnant woman...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

I wish

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I wish there was somewhere I could go online, or in town for that matter, to compare notes with a woman that is pregnant, has Crohn's di...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Hernias, Scar Tissue, and Adhesions, oh my!

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Hernias, scar tissue, and adhesions are my enemies these days.  I have been having a great deal of pain where my rectum used to be since the...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Ugh.

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I have been living the high life the last five months with both the pregnancy and Crohn's.  As the baby has gotten bigger and more activ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Do you ever?

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Do you ever blame Crohn's for far more than it deserves?  My husband and I have a running joke in our house that "the Gremlin did i...
Monday, June 6, 2011

Finding the perfect GI doctor

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Finding the perfect GI doctor has always been a challenge for me.  It seems that a good number of GI docs want the simple, let's scope t...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Pregnancy

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I'm noticing that my blog seems to be more about pregnancy than Crohn's so far, but since I have Crohn's disease, and I'm pr...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Biologics

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I remember way back in the 80's when sulpha drugs were all that I needed to control my disease.  All I really had to worry about then wa...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Sample Review

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I guess that for a blog about Crohn's disease that I am not doing too well considering two of my first three posts are about ostomy supp...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Ostomy Samples

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You would have thought that Christmas was wrapped in my birthday yesterday afternoon when a  my new samples arrived from Coloplast on our do...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

About Me

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I guess my first post on my new blog should establish my street cred in the Crohn's world.  I have had Crohn's since I was nine year...