How can you treat your body better today?
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to taking care of your body?
Acknowledge what you need to change. Change what you can, while you still can, before it's too late.
𝘈𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨-𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯?
𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘩𝘪𝘯 - 𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘰 𝘱𝘢, 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵.
Disability Pride
This is me, literally trying to get my shit together amid a flare, at different points in my life.
AAPI Month Feature on Own Your Crohn’s
I sat on the toilet for the tenth time that day, clueless about what was going on inside of me. For the past seven months, I had been experiencing episodes of bloody diarrhea and had yet to be diagnosed. My ass was spewing blood and I was worried that I am losing a lot of it. I thought to myself: if I were back home in the Philippines, I would probably hear someone say “Baka kinulam ka” (“Someone probably hexed you”). Filipinos, although predominantly Catholic, have their share of beliefs – both superstitious and supernatural. Kulam, a form of folk magic, is one of them.
Well hello, Colitis.
I wish we never met, but here we are – 7 years and counting. I didn't realize that you were never going away. Akala ko mawawala ka rin. It was July 2014 when I first "met" you – you revealed yourself in the most glamorous way – in the form of bloody diarrhea.