
After spending around 2 years (give or take) being mysteriously sick, I was finally diagnosed in 2005. You you can read my diagnosis story here:
Part I: Good Health
Part II: Wading Through the Symptoms
Part III: Surgery
Part IV: Recovery...and Acception
Thanks to Crohn's, in addition to the regular stuff, there’s also meds, doctor and lab appointments, biennial colonoscopies (one year I got to have 3), and trying to maintain a level of health that allows me to function well. There are days in which my disease saps me physically and mentally to the point that it’s all I can do to find the energy to get showered, dressed, and deliver everyone to the right place. But there are a lot of days in which I feel good (and some in which I feel great), and can’t wait to fit in as much as I possibly can. It's a tough balance to strike, and I have to be careful.
In this game called life, I sometimes hit it out of the park, and other days I go to bed
wondering where the day went wrong. But there's always tomorrow, and that brings the chance for a
fresh start. I'm just doing everything as well as I can.
Will I lean in to my
career? Will I lean back into something more family-oriented? Or, will I just
collapse into a chair with a glass of wine?
I don’t know. But this is my journey, and I can’t wait to
see what’s next.
Thank you for reading my story.
I can be contacted via e-mail at: crohniemom [at] gmail [dot] com
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