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Recovering, Adapting, and a Bit of a Reality Check
As time elapses from my summer health scare, I'm afforded the opportunity to look back on it through a clearer and clearer lens. The...
Taking It to the Next Level
I believe myself to be rather lucky. A few posts ago, I wrote about an interaction I had with a doctor that influenced my day to day. If...
A Slow Return to Normal
I figure that it has almost been two months since I went down for the count and ended up in the hospital, so I feel it is only...
A Joke That Turned Into Solid Life Advice
I like to think I'm funny, or at least entertaining. Even if I'm shy at first, once you get me to open up, I just can't stop talking,...
Hospital Part 2, Starting Over, and Future Direction
The last we left off, I was getting ready to leave the ER. The night nurse I had in the ER had come running over, no exaggeration,...
A Close Call, A Week From Hell, and Now Starting From Step One
I'll give the warning now, this is going to be a longer post. I may even have to release it in parts. This only makes sense. It's been...
Let Go of the Pressure, Exercise Patience, and Things Become Easier
Today, I am discussing probably one of the more difficult lessons I have learned over the course of my disease. I say a lot that you...
The Hardest Training Days I've Ever Experienced
I've been training in some sort of athletic pursuit for over a decade. I'd venture to guess that I have been training with purpose for...
Psychology of a Flare-Up: History Tends to Repeat Itself
It has been five years at least. Five years since I had felt the pain of ulcerative colitis. Five years of remission. Five years of...
Let's Talk Research
I said in my return post that we would be looking a little deeper into research. What I didn't say is what kind of research and why. We...
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