My Story with IBD
Fighting IBD Naturally
Life with Crohn’s Disease
Life is hard. Life rarely ever turns out the way we expect it to or hope it will but maybe that’s ok. Maybe it’s life’s way of challenging us to become better versions of ourselves - allowing us to grow from our struggles and then help others. After 20 years of battling Crohn’s disease along with all of the other pressures and disappointments of life I’m still trying learn this lesson myself. I hope that the failures, disappointments, and lessons learned I share here help in whatever journey you are on in life. Be blessed.
Life to the fullest
At the start of 2017 I was tired. I was frustrated in my career, frustrated that I couldn’t stay healthy, frustrated that I couldn’t live life like everyone else, and frustrated at how many good years of my life had been stolen because of Crohn’s disease. I was unable to be the person I wanted to be and the person I knew I was meant to be. It was disheartening…
Diet change is hard
In the summer of 2012 my mom gave me a book called “Breaking the Vicious Cycle” by Elaine Gottschall. The book had been recommended to her by a friend after she saw success with it. When she first gave it to me I thought to myself “yeah… that will never work” and I dismissed it. But as the summer progressed so did my symptoms…