Thought this might warrant its only blog article since a lot of you will either be on your first go at this, or have been put back on prednisone for recurring flare ups. When I was discharged from the hospital after my diagnosis I was put on 8 pills of prednisone a day for about…
Endometriosis and Ulcerative Colitis – A new diagnosis Part 2
If you came back for more, I hope this doesn't mean you also have UC, but I do hope sharing my story is helping you in some way. Alright lets see. After the colonoscopy was complete I was able to go back into the room in which my mother was sitting. Oh man, the tears…
Endometriosis and Ulcerative Colitis – A new diagnosis Part 1
Well ladies, I have to first apologise for not being online for quite some time. The last post I wrote about skipping my periods still holds true, months later. But in addition to my endometriosis and the journey of skipping my periods I now have a new diagnosis which had led to my hiatus recently.…
Part 3 – Juicing makes good poops
Ha! I dared myself to make that the title, but the truth is for me a good poop is worth a million dollars. Juicing was something I always wanted to do. I was merely curious what all the hype was about and while it made sense to me to consume fruits and vegetables in a…
Part 2 – cutting out artificial sweeteners
Where do I even begin. OK, so if you read part 1, I had my aha moment and replaced diet coke with seltzer. That allowed me to take out the aspartame found in diet coke and feel the positive affects of eliminating the chemically manufactured sugars from my system. So here is what happened next.…
Part 1 – a glimpse of a change; from skinny-fat to aware.
I am by definition 'skinny'. I wear size 2 pants, on average an XS dress size, and Im too light to donate blood without having drastic side effects. My whole life I have done exercise but by no stretch of the definition am I athletic. I am a food blogger so naturally I love the…
Cramp My Style 