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2025

Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 6 of 6: Researching IL-23s, Why I Chose Stelara to Replace Entyvio, and My Experience with Stelara’s Infusion and First Self-Injectionoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2025
Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 5 of 6: A Strange Doctor’s Note, Researching the Link Between Entyvio and Pancreatitis, and Stopping Entyviooriginal ↗
15 Apr 2025
Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 4 of 6: Three Prednisone Tapers, Declining Azathioprine, and a Possible Alternative Diagnosis?original ↗
22 Mar 2025

2024

Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 3 of 6: My Third Hospitalization, a Specialty Endoscopy, and Starting Prednisoneoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2024
Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 2 of 6: My Second Pancreatitis Hospitalization, Digestive Enzymes, and My Unofficial Diagnosisoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2024
Living with Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Part 1 of 6: My Health Update, Pancreatitis Symptoms, and First Hospitalizationoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2024

2023

PSC Patient’s Family Says the “Life” Has Returned to Her Face After Three Months on Oral Vancomycinoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2023

2022

3 Documents You Need to Know if you Take Oral Vancomycin for PSCoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2022
How the AASLD’s Guidance and Support Statement Will Impact the PSC Community’s Access to Oral Vancomycinoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2022
Oral Vancomycin for PSC: How the Updated AASLD Guidance May Impact Your Ability to Access Vancomycinoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2022

2021

Oral Vancomycin Saves High School Football Star from Unnecessary Intestinal Surgeryoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2021
Oral Vancomycin Allows PSC Patient to Live Out Her Dreams of Becoming an Animatororiginal ↗
15 Aug 2021
Liquid Vancomycin is “Like a Miracle” for Teenage PSC Patientoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2021
Student Athlete Returns to the Field Thanks to Vancomycinoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2021
Oral Vancomycin Lowered PSC Patient’s MELD Score and Increased Quality of Lifeoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2021
“Vancomycin Gave Me My Life Back!” Says PSC Patient: A Story from Cholangiocarcinoma to Cancer-Freeoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2021
6 Signs You Might Have Iron-Deficiency Anemia (And What to Do When Your Doctor Doesn’t Believe You)original ↗
19 Apr 2021
3 Things That Help Me Emotionally Cope With Living With a Rare Diseaseoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2021

2020

The Power of Community: 5 Chronic Illness Brands to Followoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2020
The Relationship Between Introvertism and Chronic Fatigue: How One Can Exacerbate the Otheroriginal ↗
6 Dec 2020
Living with Remission Guiltoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2020
How Personality Type Can Correlate with Self-Advocacyoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2020
3 Types of Chronic Illness Acceptanceoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2020
How Chronic Illness Impacts My Fatigue, Productivity, and Purpose (Plus 3 Tips to Help You Cope)original ↗
2 Dec 2020
My PSC and Vancomycin Advocacy Plans and How You Can Get Involvedoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2020
My Liver Biopsy Experience and Resultsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2020
My FibroScan Experience and Test Resultsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2020
Why I Decided to Pursue an Official PSC Diagnosis and How I Did Itoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2020
Starting Vancomycin to Manage My (Probable) PSCoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
3 Non-Invasive Tests to Find the Cause of My Elevated Liver Enzymesoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
Noticing Elevated Liver Enzymes in My Blood Workoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
On Feeling Invisible: The Thoughts and Wishes of a Chronic Illness Patientoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
Book Review: “My Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful”original ↗
5 Oct 2020
4 Reasons Why Chronic Illness Changed My Motivation for Exercisingoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2020
Book Review: “The Things We Don’t Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths,” Edited By Julie Morgenlenderoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2020
3 Major Things a Liver Biopsy Can Tell You (Plus 7 Common Reasons Why People Get the Procedure)original ↗
16 Mar 2020
4 Types of Pain You Might Experience After your Liver Biopsy and How to Manage Itoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2020
How to Prepare for a Liver Biopsy (Plus Tips to Help You Safely Recover)original ↗
2 Mar 2020
What to Expect at your Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy Procedureoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2020
Is Your Biologic Still Working? What to Do If You Think You’re Developing Antibodies to Your IBD Biologicoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2020

2019

Book Review: “Take Daily As Needed” by Kathryn Truebloodoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2019
PSC Awareness Day 2019: Thank You to the Boy Who Called Me a Superherooriginal ↗
29 Oct 2019
Why I Don’t Identify with the Phrase, “My Chronic Illness Doesn’t Define Me”original ↗
14 Oct 2019
Two Things to do When Grief Disguises Itself as Nostalgiaoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2019
Life is Too Short to Work a Job That Doesn’t Bring You Joy: Lessons From Chronic Illness and My Time as a Receptionistoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2019
When Your Diagnosis Isn’t About You Anymore (And Why It’s a Good Thing)original ↗
11 Sept 2019
Accepting Your Chronic Illness Isn’t a One-Time Thingoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2019
5 Practical Ways to Launch Your Patient Advocacy Journeyoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2019
3 Reasons to Get a Bone Density Test if You Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (And What to Expect at the Appointment)original ↗
25 Jul 2019
Encouragement to Those Dealing with Insurance Issuesoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2019
3 Reasons Why Prednisone Causes Weight Gain (And 3 Tips to Stop Gaining More Weight)original ↗
30 May 2019
7 Practical Tips to Hide and Prevent Chronic Illness-Related Hair Lossoriginal ↗
28 May 2019
A Flare Forced Me to Drop Out of Grad School (And Then Helped Me Find the Job of My Dreams)original ↗
25 May 2019
The Link Between Autoimmune Arthritis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseaseoriginal ↗
21 May 2019
World IBD Day: Spreading Awareness for an Invisible Diseaseoriginal ↗
15 May 2019
My 25th Birthday: 25 Things I’ve Learned in a Quarter of a Decadeoriginal ↗
1 May 2019
Springtime Musings: Self-Care, Sleep, and Sunlightoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2019
The Remarkable Ways Vancomycin Improved My Ulcerative Colitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitisoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2019
Why I Had an MRCP to Help Diagnosis My Primary Sclerosing Cholangitisoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2019
What is a Capsule Endoscopy and What Should You Expect Once You Swallow the PillCamoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2019

2018

3 Valuable Life Lessons IBD Has Taught Me (They Might Surprise You)original ↗
7 Dec 2018
4 Reasons People with IBD Should Exercise (Plus My 3 All-Time Favorite Workout Videos)original ↗
6 Dec 2018
Can’t Eat Dairy? Try This Heavenly Dairy-Free Cheesecakeoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2018
How an Ulcerative Colitis Flare Actually Improved My Perspective on Lifeoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2018
Chronic Illness and Loneliness: A Poem From My Journaloriginal ↗
3 Dec 2018
Book Haul: How Reading Converted Me Into a Self-Care Enthusiastoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2018
Health and Life Update: 4 Crazy Big Changes That Happened to Me in 2018original ↗
1 Dec 2018
2 Simple Ways You Can Support the PSC Community, Even if You Don’t Have the Diseaseoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2018
The Strange Link Between Elevated Liver Numbers and Failing Remicadeoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2018
Health Update: An Inflamed Colon, an Inconvenient Hospitalization, and Starting Entyviooriginal ↗
5 Sept 2018
How Elevated Liver Numbers Threw a Wrench in My Health Planoriginal ↗
25 May 2018
I Flared Two Months Before My Wedding: This Flare Food Helped Get Me Throughoriginal ↗
10 May 2018
My Experience Transitioning from a Biologic to an Oral Medicationoriginal ↗
4 May 2018
3 Irritating Side Effects of Remicade & Ideas to Help Manage Themoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2018
How to Be a Confident Self-Advocate When You’re on Remicadeoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2018
What to Expect at Your First Remicade Infusionoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2018
4 Uncomfortable Side Effects I Experienced While Taking Apriso and Clarithromycinoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2018
The Curious Case of Tonsil Stones and Why They Might Relate to IBDoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2018
7 Prednisone Side Effects and Ideas to Help Manage Themoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2018
How an Embarrassing Moment Actually Enriched My Support Systemoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2018
Pillbox Tips: Keep Track of Your Medications with These 5 Hacksoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2018
Welcome to My New Blog, The Comical Colon!original ↗
1 Mar 2018
MR Enterography for IBD: What to Expect and How to Mentally Prepareoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2018
3 Things You Need to Know Before Your First Colonoscopyoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2018
Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis: How my Chronic Illness Journey Beganoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2018