PET Scan Results

My whole family was on edge and all I could do was sleep. I was so tired. I didn’t have the energy to move. Monday came, I went to work with the idea when I got the call I would leave to call them back at home. I got the call at 10 am and…

AIP Waffles

“And in the morning, I am making waffles!” Breakfast is my favorite meal to create. Some of my best cooking memories come from making everyone in the house some form of scrambled eggs. I took so much pride in my very picky mom requesting my cuisine! Growing up I was not able to cook at…

Update on Pill Cam Test

Update on Pill Cam Test- The pill cam was nothing like I had imagined it. It had this glowing light and was very hard to swallow! Once I got it down, they strapped this belt all around me. It had this blue flickering light and vibrated from time to time! I worked all day while…

Fistula, Fistula, Wherefore Art Thou Fistula!

Possible small bowl issues/ fistula— is the new story of my life! Well not really new, its been almost TWO years of this! So, I did a few stool test and they came back okay- all within normal markers but I am still feeling sick and my local GI agreed with my Mississippi GI, to…

Labor of Love

Valentine’s Day is the day of LOVE right?!! Well I am finally able to share what I have been working on! It’s my own labor of love. I will be sharing my favorite Paleo, autoimmune protocol, and specific carbohydrate, diet hacks! Food has changed my life. Eating clean has given me years without biological drugs…

Weight loss & AIP

What have I been doing to drop the pounds!?!?! Just diet! I have not been feeling well enough to do much of anything.  I have been my spirt animal = SLOTH! I have been resting and sleeping when I am not at work or playing my daughter. My parents have been amazing with daughter and…

When my Crohns world turned upside down

I have had a very tough battle with this illness. I have had to leave my town and seek more specialized treatment because no doctor knew what to do with me. The only thing they did was add more drugs to me and I was just getting sicker and sicker at 17-19 years old. My…

Holiday rush!

Oh man Christmas is just NOT the same when you have kids! It is SO stressful!!! This year my sister and her kids came over and it was 5 kids from ages 8-1. Overall it was a magical experience making those memories but it really tested my limits of my will power. All these cheese…

Oh Food! 

Oh food!            I feel like everyone has a love hate relationship with food. Especially ones who have been diagnosed with some form of IBD. When I got very ill I went from eating to NO food by mouth for months till my surgery. TPN, Total Parenteral Nutrition, was a lifesaver…

Just a video of me setting up some fluids!

I am going to post something everyday in my journal but it’s going to be my goal to post on some form of social media! Day 1 is a quick video of me putting some meds in a IV!   -XO,

Current (on going )life struggle…..( what else is new? ;)

Day one—I can’t even begin to tell y’all how sick I have been feeling. It has been really rough with school, work and trying to live. I will be the first to tell you that I have slacked on my health and eating right was the first to go. (Notice how I said First) …Feeling…