#colitisawareness

Injection day! 💉💊 recently I’ve had to change medication for my ulcerative colitis. I now have to self inject myself with training with a nurse etc. This is now the 3rd time doing this. I only have to do it every 2 weeks so that’s the pro of it. I guess the cons is the side effects. I get drowsy or the feeling of being drunk. Ha ha not good when you got a physical working job ha ha. Although the 1st time I did the injections I had to take 4 injections. The 2nd time only 2 injections. This time only once and continues being one every 2weeks. So hoping the drowsiness won’t be as effective today. As you know with this last flare up I have shared my journey with you. Why?! I guess to show awareness. People might assume I am fine. But my body inside. Not so much. Ha ha. Anyway my colitis at the moment seems to be a lot calmer now. So let’s hope I get back into remission. 🤞 #colitis #uclerativecolitis #colitisawareness #humira #humirapen

#mabsdrawlloweenclub Day 13: Frankenstein. This is a special piece I’ve been wanting to do in some way since the beginning of Drawlloween. I think the impact of losing an organ is something that’s impossible to understand unless you have experienced it. I thought I knew what I was in for, but honestly, I had no idea. The organs I lost (uterus, ovaries, cervix, fallopian tubes) left me with very confusing feelings about my worth, my femininity and strangely, a feeling of physically valuelessness. The fight to keep them had whittled my body down to bones and quilted it with scars...it was hard to look at. The gentleness @laurencetheprince has shown me ceaselessly through our entire relationship is something that has been so beautiful, surprising and humbling to me. We didn’t know when we met that this would be my life...that we would have no family and that there would be years of overwhelming physical pain over even the softest touches. He didn’t have to stay. He didn’t have to make me feel beautiful and defend me when uninformed people would look at me and judgmentally suggest I “eat a cheeseburger” like the way I looked way my fault. I wanted to make this piece dedicated to all the girls out there who have lost organs. I decided my Bride here would have a colostomy bag because I’ve never seen this depicted with gentle grace in art. It’s time. The sweetness, insecurity, hopefulness, acceptance and love between these two was what I wanted to express. To all my #sickgirlsclub sisters out there: Your body is beautiful. You are truly, deeply beautiful to me and I am so proud to be a sister to each one of you. #crohnsdiseaseawareness #colitisawareness #coloncancerawareness #endometriosisawareness #frankenstein #brideoffrankenstein #colostomybag #mabgraves

#Repost @crohnsspace (@get_repost) ・・・ Perfect repost from @disabledandequal Keep hope. Keep faith. Keep going 💜💪 #crohns #colitis #ibd #crohnsawareness #colitisawareness #ibdawareness #crohnsdisease #ulcerativecolitis #inflammatoryboweldisease #health #wellbeing #chronicillness #invisibleillness #inspiration #motivation #strength #courage

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