I have Crohn's disease. I was diagnosed at sixteen, but I got sick at thirteen. My weight fluctuates wildly between 110lbs when I'm very sick to 180lbs when I'm on the prednesone. In 2009, the doctors finally decided there was nothing for it but to operate. I lost half my colon, but got my life back.

Now, I'm attempting to convince my body that for once the food is still coming, and meanwhile trying to see what it's capable of now that it's not constantly ill.

I want ...

I have Crohn's disease. I was diagnosed at sixteen, but I got sick at thirteen. My weight fluctuates wildly between 110lbs when I'm very sick to 180lbs when I'm on the prednesone. In 2009, the doctors finally decided there was nothing for it but to operate. I lost half my colon, but got my life back.

Now, I'm attempting to convince my body that for once the food is still coming, and meanwhile trying to see what it's capable of now that it's not constantly ill.

I want to be able to go overnight hiking. I want to be able to go rock climbing. I want to have a fulltime summer job, and do excellent in school while maintaining fulltime hours. I want to not see my bed, outside of sleeping. I want to know what a reasonable amount of food looks like.

"Pain in itself is only sensation and it is our attitudes of resistance to it, and fear, that make it uncomfortable. These attitudes are conditioning and can be released, or simply traded for more fulfilling attitudes. Acceptance and gratitude. Offer it love, instead."
-- Mystress Angelique Serpent

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