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I am now on day four of my hospital stay. I was so hoping to be released, but I suppose it will happen with time. I still want to blog details about my whole experience here, but until I can truly gather my thoughts you will be stuck with random posts of near nothingness.   The past two nights…

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A week from today I’m having my first of the two-stage j-pouch surgery (April 15th, ready or not!). I am going to be frank with you: today I am more anxious than ever. I have so much on my plate at the moment between work deadlines and my sister’s wedding. I am beginning to get overwhelmed. For several days now,…

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IBDers are my heart. I have so much compassion for those who have been suffering as I have. It is therefore important to me to help spread the word and tell others about IBDs. What better time to do it than now?  There is currently a campaign going on in the IBD community. It’s called #GetYourBellyOut and it started…

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This week I found out that I’m going to have to have surgery. According to my doctor I have become steroid dependent and there’s nothing else they can do for me. This is definitely something that has not been easy for me to accept. I was really hoping that the Simponi would help me.   I talked with the…

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