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Sleep.  Sleeping.  Slept.  To have slept.  I miss sleeping so much!  I used to sleep a lot.  I used to be able to sleep a lot.  Now I'm lucky if I get more than three consecutive hours of sleep in any give day or night.  The irritating part is there isn't even anything on my mind.  I'm not over thinking things, I'm not planning things, I'm not brainstorming, I'm not having made up arguments in my head, I'm not having racing, word salad thoughts.  I'm not balancing the checkbook or trying to solve problems.   I'm just... awake.  Uncomfortable.  Itchy.  In achy pain that isn't enough to be excruciating but enough to be annoying.  My muscles feel like they need stretched or pulled.  My joints and tiny bones in my wrists and hands ache.  My shoulders kind of feel out of socket or like they need popped.  My calves feel kinda crampy when I try to stretch.  I'm getting enough water I think because I'...

I jacked this picture off of Instagram to post on here because today is World IBD Day! This meme states what the biggest problem with knowledge about IBD is - people generally think it's just a pooping problem.  Even I, a seasoned Crohnie, used to think that my biggest problem was diarrhea but really it isn't.  It's one of the biggest problems I have, yes, however it is only one of an all encompassing disease that has me constantly rerouting my life.  Fatigue, nausea, insomnia, cramps, bloating, bleeding, hemorrhoids, anxiety, eye problems, skin, hair and nail problems, nutritional deficiencies, back pain, joint pain, pretty much constant pain somewhere in my body, the list of problems associated with having IBD is endless.  I hate it.  I hate everything about it.  But it is who I am.  I am a what a person with IBD is.  I'm what they look like.  I'm what they feel like.  I am Crohn's Disease. The saying goes - "I have Crohn's Disease but...

Big thanks to Healthline for choosing Jenni's Guts for one of the 13 Best Crohn's Blogs out there.  I've consistently won this award and it surprises me every year.  Thank you all so much!  I am really glad to see that I am helping others with Crohn's and Colitis and other "spoonie" problems.  Here is a link to all the other winners who should equally be as happy and excited at me.  Lots of great blogs out there and I'm proud to be among them!  Congratulations everyone!