I recently learned about Ally’s Law (also called The Restroom Access Act) and I wish I had known about it sooner! This law was developed by a 15-year-old patient with Crohn’s disease, Ally Bain. She was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 11 and at age 14, Ally experienced a Crohn’s flare up in a [...]

What is Fibro Feelings? Has it really only been one week?! I feel like time has been dragging on since I’ve been attempting to rest my hip. Last week, I had my follow up appointment with my rheumatologist, regarding my hip and leg pain. For some reason he didn’t have a copy of the MRI [...]

One of the highlights of my December was finding out about the University of North Carolina Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders’ montly Evening with the Experts. The December chat was presented by Olafur S. Palsson, PsyD and was on the many non-gastrointestinal symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and their effects. At five [...]

What is Fibro Feelings? I hope everyone had a wonderful new year! My friend had an intimate cocktail party, which was perfect for how I was feeling! We even got to see fireworks from their balcony. The big news of 2012 for me has been that I don’t have a labral tear! I’m a tiny [...]