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“But you don’t look sick.”

 

steph smiling despite battling chronic invisible illness

My heart was racing at 100 beats per minutes. My skin was pale. My hands were cold and clammy…

Let me rewind 48 hours and take you back to Thursday with me.

My legs were weak when I arrived at work and walked down the hill toward the chapel on our school campus. I hadn’t worked out, yet my legs felt wobbly. Our seniors were graduating and every year we hold a Baccalaureate service to honor and celebrate them as they prepare for college and the next chapter of their lives. Continue reading ““But you don’t look sick.””

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#CrohnsWarrior #CrohnsAwareness #ForDana

I’ve been sitting here contemplating Crohn’s Disease for the last few hours…breathing deeply from the new essential oil diffusing necklace I’m wearing that I infused with frankincense and lemongrass, having just finished eating a frozen glob of coconut oil mixed with a heaping teaspoon of glutamine and KetoBroth protein powder, and sipping wine–of course (hey, it’s fermented)–and wondering where I should start with this post.


Image: Semicolon; The Adventures of Ostomy Girl (2015)
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