TRYING NOT TO BE OWNED BY ILLNESS

Crohn’s and Me

Prometheus and Tityus, Cornelis Cort, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

When you have an autoimmune disease that takes over your life and reshapes every single day in its entirety, it appears that the hardest part psychologically is just to hold on to your identity outside the disease. Whether it be Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis or any of the other ones that have medications advertised in every media, wrenching yourself out of its grip can seem almost…