On March 18th, two years ago, I drew a picture of a little cartoon ninja. She became a symbol of hope for me. She came along at just the time I needed her to. She, along with online support, helped me out of the lowest point in my life with IBD. Previous to her existence, my life felt lonely…
If you’re like me, when you think about research, you think of doctors and scientists that are higher up in the hierarchy of life who come up with the areas of research, conduct the studies and then come back and inform us of the results. Very disconnected. Oftentimes I feel like an outsider looking in. At least there’s research…
Hello friends and thank you for visiting colitisninja.org. I want to welcome seasoned IBD Ninjas to keep reading, if you’d like, but this post is geared toward those who are going through their first flareup. First, it is absolutely vital for you to realize that you are not alone. Nearly 1.6 million Americans live with an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Living…
As anyone living with a chronic illness knows, life is no easy feat. Life is not ideal. Life is hard. Life is painful. Even menial tasks become extremely taxing. Going about our lives attempting to be normal is, more often than not, excruciating. I could go on and on boring you with details of how miserable life with an…
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