by benforred | May 9, 2015 | Mental Health, PTSD, Support
Depression has settled into my life uninvited like a tag along side effect of chronic health issues. It enters and leaves me with little warning at times, the triggers barely recognizable to others. But I notice them. It’s a battle that has been waged for nearly...
by benforred | Apr 29, 2015 | Health, Medical Providers, Mental Health, PTSD
My doctor is one of my primary foundations in life. She is the only GI doctor I have ever had and she has kept me alive during the hardest times of my life. She has stood by me even in hate filled years when I blamed her and others for my...
by benforred | Jul 29, 2014 | Advocacy, Health, Mental Health, Ostomy, PTSD
I’m taking a moment to shamefully and not so shamefully tell you about a book you absolutely must read. Although this book isn’t directly related to FAP, it’s written by a well known character among the social media ostomy and IBD circles and by...
by benforred | Sep 29, 2013 | Mental Health, PTSD
I don’t think one ever stops having PTSD, the symptoms can be managed and even lie dormant for years but they can always be triggered again to the surface. I was reminded of this a couple weeks ago when I attended a conference at my hospital. I parked in the...
by benforred | Jun 30, 2013 | Health, history, PTSD
It’s been so long ago, the medical tests and procedures, the surgeries and the struggle for life. It’s been a lifetime ago but it doesn’t always seem like my life. I have to remind myself that it was my life and not someone else’s life. I feel...
by benforred | May 3, 2013 | Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Support, Symptoms
I’d group people into the following categories to describe their frame of reference for understanding chronic illness and empathy. The Sick. These are people with chronic illness, not with bowel disease though. This group can relate to us with bowel disease...
