So here it is... My confessional... My accountability... A tally of my victory or a record of my quitting. I'll keep updating this as I go along and I'll be painfully honest. I'll weigh in again on day 7, 14, and 21 and take measurements on day 21. ...
A snapshot of my daily UC meds. No fun! Happy Monday party people! Back again to check in on last week's goals and set some new ones for next week. Ready? Ready. Last week, I had a suck week so my one goal was to simply try. It certainly wasn't my best ...
Hey-ho again everybody! So this last week has been something of a couch-focused blur thanks to a return of my UC symptoms. All I felt like doing this week was laying around, sleeping, and watching trash TV. I'm sad to say that nobody gave me any good TV suggestions so I've been watching "Basketball Wives" and "Cutthroat Kitchen" on such a nonstop loop that even the 4 year old is starting to make comments. ...
Finally, it's almost spring! So, I'm a bit late on my Motivate Me Monday update, but I have a good reason, I promise. Last week I talked about being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and less than 24 hours later I posted about a huge treatment setback. Because I'm transitioning ...
So yesterday I shared my journey from symptoms to diagnosis and treatment of my moderate-to-severe Ulcerative Colitis. In case you missed it and are not interested in clicking the link to learn more (come on, you know you want to), the brief recap UC is an auto-immune disease where your immune system hates everything that is in your large intestines and attacks it with white blood cells. I have it, it sucks. Yesterday ...
This is what $3,600 of meds look like The words that gave me hope my life will return back to normal came in an email. It said: "In the big picture, I think the right thing to do now is move forward aggressively with therapy. I will order Remicade for you today and a ...
Gymtimidation... I think most people contend with it in one way or another especially when they start going to the gym for the first time. It's so easy to compare yourself to everybody else and feel like you're falling way short. Trust me, I'm an expert at that. ...
I'm a 30-something living in the Northeast with my crazy son, two step sons,and equally crazy other half. I'm hardly perfect, but I am perpetually entertaining. These are just the ramblings of my life and the world around me, and my attempts to overcome Lyme, and get my life back on track... It's occasionally meaningful, more occasionally meaningless, but always something.
