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Kristen Elizabeth
Aug 25, 20204 min read
7 Things I've Learned Since My Diagnosis
As the nights become cooler and hints of fall are in the air, the four-year anniversary of my total colectomy has come and passed again....
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Kristen
Oct 20, 20185 min read
My Next Grand Adventure
On Wednesday, October 3rd, I began my next big adventure 2,400 miles from home. If you have been following along with my journey, you...
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Kristen
Sep 4, 20184 min read
It's All Part of the Journey
Wednesday, a little over 2 weeks after my 5th and 6th surgeries, I sat in the sterile white examination room within the Johns Hopkins...
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Kristen
Aug 18, 20186 min read
Back to Johns Hopkins: Surgeries 5 and 6
Having to write this update breaks my heart. On Friday, August 10th, I sat in the pre-op waiting area at The Johns Hopkins Hospital...
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Kristen
Aug 7, 20185 min read
Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight | Kristen's Chronicles
Tuesday, July 31st: I walked back to my car after work, carefully acknowledging each step on the concrete. When I reached my car I tossed...
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Kristen
Jun 22, 20185 min read
Exciting New Beginnings | Kristen's Chronicles
I have always heard that life will present you with jobs, relationships, and opportunities when the time is right. But sometimes, the...
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Kristen
May 11, 20183 min read
Against All Odds | Kristen's Chronicles
Almost 2 years ago, I laid in a hospital bed facing major surgery to remove my diseased colon. I was only 72 pounds and could no longer...
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Kristen
Mar 30, 20185 min read
Finding Balance: 6 Months Post-Op | Kristen's Chronicles
Ying and Yang. Hot and cold. Sweet and spicy. Life is about balance and without balance, things can become very.. well, unbalanced....
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Kristen
Mar 6, 20184 min read
Back to Johns Hopkins | Kristen's Chronicles
Exactly a year ago, we were on our way to Johns Hopkins Hospital for my pre-op evaluation before my second surgery. While a lot (a LOT)...
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Kristen
Mar 3, 20185 min read
I Did Not Choose Surgery; Surgery Chose Me | Kristen's Chronicles
It is August 22, 2016. Cramped into a tiny room with barely enough room for a bed, my parents sit on the side of my bed while I lay,...
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Kristen
Feb 23, 20184 min read
"I'll Be Happy When.." | Kristen's Chronicles
Full-time student, full-time chronic illness warrior. As I approach 5 months post-operative, I continue to be amazed by the way in which...
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Kristen
Feb 15, 20181 min read
Q & A | Living with an Ileostomy, Staying Positive, Bad Days | Kristen's Chronicles
In my very first YouTube video on my new channel, Kristen's Chronicles, I have answered the questions you asked. From living with an...
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Kristen
Jan 27, 20185 min read
Kristen's Chronicles | "Stay Strong, Little Fighter. I Believe in You."
Isn't it amazing how sounds and smells can bring back memories? Unknowingly, we associate memories with the sounds and smells that were...
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Kristen
Jan 13, 20184 min read
Kristen's Chronicles | New Year, New Doctors
I may not know where life is going to take me next, but what I do know is that it is going to be one heck of a ride.
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Kristen
Dec 22, 20174 min read
Kristen's Chronicles | It is OK Not to be OK
The other day someone asked me, “how do you stay so positive all of the time despite what you are going through?” My answer: “I don’t.”...
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Kristen
Dec 15, 20174 min read
Kristen's Chronicles | A Change in Diagnosis
Is it Crohn's? Is it Ulcerative Colitis? One of the first questions that arises when you are first diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel...
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Kristen
Dec 1, 20174 min read
Kristen's Chronicles | "Forever"
Often times we throw around the words "forever" and "permanent," applying them to things that actually are not either. Permanent markers...
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Kristen
Nov 29, 20174 min read
Kristen's Chronicles | Time Flies
Time flies when you are having fun, right? The past month has been a whirlwind of appointments and graduate classes and holidays- oh my!...
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