It’s Like A Boomerang, You Think It’s Gone Then It Come Right Back
On June 13 th I was surrounded by peers affected by similar, if not the same, disease at the CCFA Walk to Cure Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. At the beginning of the walk a dad was on stage talking about how hard it is, as a parent, to watch your child suffer with an incurable disease. At that point I noticed my mom nodding her head and I looked at her and whole-heartedly apologized for putting her and dad through that. Two weeks later I had a procedure that would reveal that my Ulcerative Colitis was active again. Every part of me wishes I could give some kind of word of wisdom, but I can’t. I’m at a loss. I thought I was healthy. I thought maybe I beat this. The reality is that I always knew this disease would come back, but only four years after transplant? Only two years narcotic free! That’s just not fair. It’s taken me weeks to be able to write this because I wasn’t ready to accept it. Hell, I’m still not ready to accept it. I always say, no one is in it alone. I guess...