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Chapter 8: Starting an Internship Despite Severe Medication Side Effects

: January 2015 : As an IBD fighter, I feel like a lot of my time is spent trying new medications, experiencing their unique side effects, and then comparing those side effects with the actual disease. Patients like us, we mull over the side effects, ponder them, compare and contrast if they’re better or worse … Continue reading Chapter 8: Starting an Internship Despite Severe Medication Side Effects

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Chapter 4: The Pill Box – Keeping Track of All Your Medications

: Starting November 2014 : For six weeks after my colonoscopy and MRE, my unknown path of waiting for a diagnosis felt like a bridge: narrow, gridlocked, lonely. Forty-odd days of waiting. A month and half of worrying and hoping and worrying some more. I occupied myself by focusing on studying. I decided to fully … Continue reading Chapter 4: The Pill Box – Keeping Track of All Your Medications