Living with chronic illness has taught me that time is finite and moments are precious. So after working a job that didn’t bring me joy for a year and a half, I realized something needed to change. In this post, I share lessons I learned during my time as a receptionist and explain why I […]
A Flare Forced Me to Drop Out of Grad School (And Then Helped Me Find the Job of My Dreams)
Something you might not know about me is a terrible ulcerative colitis flare forced me to drop out of college. In this blog post, I share the symptoms of this life-changing flare and why dropping my classes surprisingly turned out to be the best thing for me. Flaring at the Beginning of Grad School In […]
4 Uncomfortable Side Effects I Experienced While Taking Apriso and Clarithromycin
As someone with IBD, I feel like so much of my time is spent trying new medications, experiencing their unique side effects, and then comparing and contrasting if they’re better or worse than the disease itself. (Have you ever felt this way?) In January 2015, I was on the pills Apriso and Clarithromycin and experienced […]