29 Things to do Before the BIG 30!!

29 things to do before the BIG 30!! My 20’s have been filled with heartbreak, growth, and sickness. I was blessed with a beautiful daughter but honestly, I am ready for my 30’s I think they will be my best years yet! I think my growth as a person will pay off!! ** This is…

12 Years Ago Today

Today 12 years ago was honestly a day that would change my life and I had no idea! – I have always been the kind of person to take pictures and write things down to look at them years later and I love that! I love that I am able to look at decades back…

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…

Infection 2019

The last half of this year has been really testing my fears. One of my biggest fears is dying of an infection that is antibiotic resistant and I have been septic TWO different times since September. I have been getting UTI’s that just don’t seem to go away and don’t respond to any mix of…

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…

Why is eating healthy so hard??

I have to eat a very strict diet so my Crohns monster can stay pretty much calm. I am having hard time mentally and because it seems no matter how hard I try my weight stays the same or goes up. I know it’s all hormonal and out of my control but I so badly…

New Years Goals

So it’s that time of year where everyone jumps back to the gym and healthy eating for about 2 weeks. I hate setting goals for a full year. I’m more of small term goals that build up and then help meet a long term goal. I feel that saying I’m going to lose 50 pounds…

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,