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Crohns & Colitis Awareness Week – Dec 1 – Dec 7 2012
Ok, I lied in my last post. Here is another one, but this will be short and sweet. Starting tomorrow, we celebrate Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week here in the US. So how is everyone going to show...
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Gluten Free Restaurant Review – New York City
This past week I had the chance to visit 2 restaurants in New York City that are known for being Gluten Free friendly. One I was so so on, the other I can’t wait to go back to. S’MAC The first...
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Such a Loving Community I Live In
Last night I went online to check my email and saw I had a mention in Twitter. I shot over to Twitter to see @Caringforcrohns nominated me for a Reality Blog Award. I didn’t know what this was until...
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Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013
As we close the door to another year, I look back to see if I have grown this year. Of course I don’t mean physically, but mentally and spiritually. Every year I treat New Years Eve like any other...
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The Great Experiment Part 2
Last January I was in a nasty flare. I was going to the bathroom 30 times a day. I was obese with high cholesterol and high blood sugar. My body was a mess and I wasn’t treating it nicely. So, I...
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My Take on the Escape The Stall Ads
Yesterday I read a blog by another blogger, Marisa, which can be found here. This lead me to a post written by Sara found here. The reason I mention these two blogs is because they kind of opened...
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My First Real Attempt at Advocacy
For the past year I have been doing my blogs, talking to people online and even participating in the CCFA’s Take Steps. Late December I decided to kick it up a notch. I was reading a lot of...
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Book Review – The Directive
Lately I have been seeing a lot more books about IBD. I decided since I love reading to start reading some of these books. I have been impressed by the stories and I decided that maybe I should post...
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I Have Reached My Boiling Point
Yesterday I came across an article. It started because I was wondering how voting for the Restroom Access Act, aka Ally’s Law, went in Virginia. I looked it up online. I was appalled at what I had...
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Wego Health HAAWards Finalists
I know I haven’t written much in the past month. I have been really busy with so many things that I haven’t had the time to come on here. But, I do now and I have great news (well, great for me)...
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“Ah The Sweet Nectar of the Gods”
Every morning I think this as I take my first sip of coffee. Ever since my days working in Starbucks I have had a love for coffee and I look forward to it every morning. But this post is not about...
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Crohn’s Disease Warrior Patrol: A Charity Is Born
This is a repost from http://www.healthline.com/health-news/crohns-warrior-patrol-charity-sponsors-hospital-visits-031313 The article was written by Jaime Weinstein, a fellow online health activist...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 9 Caregiving
Patients, what advice or tips do you have for caregivers out there – professional or otherwise! This is a good topic. It is so good that it is a repeat of one I did last year. So, I will pretty much...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 10 Wordless Wednesday
It’s often hard to like pictures of ourselves – post your favorite picture of yourself. Tagged: #HAWMC, Crohn's Disease, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Wordless Wednesday
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We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming….
I hadn’t planned on adding anything this month since I am doing the Writers Challenge and posting a post a day. But I had an idea and I want to put this out there to get some help. This goes out to...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 11 Favorites
Write about your favorite social network. Do you love Twitter? Facebook? Pinterest? Why? I can remember being a kid growing up in the 1980′s. We would spend the day outside playing with our friends...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 12 Hindsight
If you could go back in time and talk to yourself (or your loved one) on the day of diagnosis, what would you say? This is a pretty powerful prompt today. If I could go back in time to talk to...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 13 Haiku
Write a health acrostic for your condition, hashtag, or username! (acrostic = a poem where every letter of a word serves as the first letter of a word or phrase i.e. DOG = Digs Others’ Gardens)...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 14 Spread the Love
Thank a few of your fellow Health Activists for what they have done. Call them out by name or twitter handle. Share your love. This is more of a repeat of day 4. I have talked about resources then and...
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The Health Activist’s Writers Month Challenge – Day 15 Sharing
Comment! Pick someone else’s blog post and write a comment to them. Write that comment as your post for today and link back to them to let them know you were inspired. I follow the following person...
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