19th May is a day to be loud and proud (if you're not already) about all things Inflammatory Bowel Disease!
Helping raise awareness...encouraging donation to Crohn's and a Colitis UK... It all goes towards the goal of finding that illusive cure - and if not? Just helping make people's lives a little bit easier through sharing knowledge is ace. Ace to the face. To the face of the pesky disease.
I'm sure my followers would have seen my contribution for the day:
I've essentially pimped this photo out all over the world wide web today; getting sick of my own face! But it doesn't matter as SHARING IS CARING.
It's also great to see the camaraderie emphasised on days like today within the IBD community. I'm already a member of a number Facebook groups, including #GetYourBellyOut and The Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Diaries, to name a few. To be honest I think the latter is based in the US? But geographical location is irrelevant when there's someone sitting at their computer screen reading and understanding what you have to say about your disease.
I saw on Facebook that Crohn's and Colitis UK had received well over 200 photos today similar to mine. So good!
And this is why I told people at work that today was World IBD day. Why I made sure I blogged and shared all things IBD today. Why I welled up when I saw people sharing my posts and photo. Because it's important.
It's important to fellow IBDers to know that we're not clubbed together under 'taboo diseases', that it's something that can be talked about. And it's important to me that people know what in the blaze can happen when you have IBD - and if they can't understand, just that they at least kind of know what it is.
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If I haven't rambled enough........!
THIS SUNDAY is our 10k run. Balls.
My arthritic knee is crumbling and my body is massively running on empty. But I will complete this race come rain or shine - but preferably rain, what with the menopausal hot flushes and burning palms.
And if running lets me down, then I could always gallop my way through (we all know I love Miranda, the number one advocate for the gallop)
As per, would appreciate any support as it all goes back into the Crohn's and a Colitis UK pot of wonderfulness!
www.justgiving.com/harrietsgotcrohns
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