Crohn’s Disease

The day begins…

You wake up thinking about the busy day ahead. Your boss is expecting your proposal, and you feel ready and up for the challenge.

On your way to the office, the pain hits. Again.

You try to breathe through it and remind yourself that it may pass. But then again, it may not.

By the time you get to the office, you’re in a cold sweat, racing to the bathroom. You keep glancing at your watch hoping and praying that you won’t be late.

It’s getting harder and harder to explain leaving meetings in the middle, showing up late, leaving early.

Should you just tell your boss about your Crohn’s disease?

It might make life so much easier. They have to accommodate your needs, right?

You’ve heard stories where disclosure to a boss went well, and a few too many stories where it didn’t go so well.

The disease is taking its toll, on your work, on your marriage, on your children. You feel short-tempered and tired all the time.

You wish someone would just “get it.”

You wish you stopped getting comments about how great you look since you lost so much weight. Don’t people realize how scary that is?

Feeling so sick, worrying about the drugs you’re injecting into your body. Are they even helping?

How do you know when you still feel sick?

Everything feels out of control…

But therapy can help.

I will walk with you through the journey of illness. I will help you understand your emotions and the emotions of those around you.

You understand your perspective, but I will help you understand the perspectives of those important to you and help you to navigate the changing dynamics so you can regain control.

There are different treatment options, and I’ll help you understand them so you can decide what works best for your life. I will also help you understand how different doctors work and the best way to partner with them in your journey toward health.

In our work together, you will learn the pros and cons of issues like disclosure about your disease – at work, with family and friends. And where you want to disclose your disease, you will learn the best way to do that to lessen the negative impact that the disease has on your life.

It is very common for people struggling with Crohn’s disease to feel anxiety and depression. That is because of the countless changes in your life and in your body that you can’t control. Too much is changing. There is too much to learn, too much to understand too fast.

It’s time to stop letting your disease run your life.

Wouldn’t it be nice to regain control? Wouldn’t it be nice to have clarity on how to manage these new challenges?

Let me show you what a life with Crohn’s disease under control looks like.

Contact me today: (310) 552-2033.