I have been an RN for 25 years and the mother of four children, married for 24 years. My brother who had crohn's disease starting as a teenager, died at age 43 with colon cancer in 1997.
Meet Joan: Hi – I am a 52 year old mother of 4 adult children. I’ve been part of Adam’s site in the past and very thankful to be here. I have had UC (diagnosed) for 10 years now, but symptoms from the time I was a little kid, and my father had UC and brother had Crohn’s. I have had a consistent GI doc… Read More »Suddenly Stopped Being Able to Eat Any Solids for 4 Months
Hi All, This is Hope and I’ve written before. I have 4 children (16, 18, 20 and 22 years old) and have been married for 25 years now in December. I’ve worked as a registered nurse for the past 25 years, and now have a job as an RN in Quality Assurance and Education of new staff to my agency. Some more about me: Most… Read More »Bone and Joint Pain – Suddenly Hurts So Much – What do you Do?
Introduction: I have been an registered nurse(RN) for 25 years and the mother of four children, married for 24 years. My brother who had Crohn’s disease starting as a teenager, died at age 43 with colon cancer in 1997. I had two colonoscopies at the advice of my doctor that were negative and then was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2008 after a colonoscopy. I… Read More »Hope for Living and Overcoming Ulcerative Colitis