On the lighter side...

Here's a hilarious forward I saw on Facebook: (Be warned, this is pretty heavy on the poop jokes, so if you hate that sort of stuff, you may want to skip this one!)

You know you have Ulcerative Colitis (UC) or Crohn's when...

-When you travel, your meds have their own suitcase.
-At the super bowl party, you won the prize for ' most wicked fart' and you were just setting out the dip.
-You were thrilled to have had 'only' 5 bm's today.
-You carry a spare pair of undies with you everywhere you go
-You've stopped to crap on the side of the road with your inlaws in the car
-You wonder how much crap can come out of one person!
-You're happy when you have a big loud burp because you're thankful it's not coming out the other end!
-You know every bathroom where you work, and everyone knows where you are headed when you say...."I'll be right back" with a funny look on your face.
-Your colon gurgles and its so loud that everyone around you asks if you are hungry.
-Truck stop bathrooms don't even phase you.
-You know where the bathroom is everywhere you go
-You have your GI on speed dial
-When you carry your own toilet paper.
-When you bring your own food for just you to a holiday party
-When your friends keep asking you "Can you eat this?"
-When you look at every ingredient on everything you eat
-When you're always the designated driver
-When you keep all your books in the bathroom next to the toilet
-When you think you should buy stock in wet wipes
-When you order three months of meds and they come in a box so big your neighbors think you got a new TV.
-You are the youngest patient in your Gi's office.
-Your GP runs because he thinks you are a hypochondriac. He then gives you a free flu shot because he is tired of referrals.
-You regularly stock the bathroom with extra rolls of Toilet paper
-You are better at describing the intricacies of poo than wine.
-You wonder if that's really going to be a fart.
-You can say, "It's not the colonoscopy that's bad, it's the PREP!"
-You have read every magazine or paper in your bathroom so many times, that you start reading the ingredient lists on toothpaste, gel, shampoo and anything else you can get your hands on without getting off the toilet........
-You have a standard answer when anyone asks, "What's UC?"
-You go to pick up the *evil* Prep at the pharmacy and the pharmacist, who is about your age (I'm 25), says, "I'm sorry."
-You can tell your parents that a colonoscopy isn't a big deal
-You are on a first name basis with your GI.
-You're thankful big purses are in style so you can carry your pill organizer with you.
-When you get SICK of people asking you "How are you feeling?".
-You undo your belt and zipper before you even enter the bathroom.
-You go house or apartment hunting and you are only interested in the number and location of bathrooms.
-You have a pill count contest with your grandmother
-When seeing blood is no longer a cause for concern.
-You have used the bathroom in every McDonalds, gas station and fast food restaurant in a 10 mile radius of your house
-You can talk about poop all day and not flinch
-You don't go out of the house for long periods of time w/out a massive bottle of Imodium just in case
-Your friends ask you in hushed voices how that stomach thing is going
-In your 1 bed 1 bath home, you always win the race to the bathroom, no matter what.
-People who manage a glimpse into your purse give you strange looks, assuming you're addicted to pills, close friends make sure you remember those pills.
-Everyone is your GI's office knows your name without looking on the chart or the sign in sheet.
-The Lab techs tell you that they are going to name their next lab machine in honor of their best customer (Me).
-You leave the Pharmacy with a HUGE bag of enemas.
-You call your insurance company and their Customer service rep pauses....and then says that you've got a lot of claims so this might take a while.
- Your Morning workout is a Sprint to the bathroom
-You have 3 different sizes of the same clothes.

(For those who don't know, ulcerative colitis is another inflammatory bowel disease much like Crohn's, so we all go through very similar things and similar treatments.) :)