Homegirl of Health

06/20/2024

Remember all those times you asked your parents for a Barbie Dream house and you never got it? Tell your inner child to cry no more!! Because you can build your own Barbie dream house out of cookies!!

01/19/2024

Sorry I am just not updating y’all on instagram!! The bottom part says I do not have a colostomy bag, just have a lot of pain!!! They currently have me on Percocet by mouth and Diluad by IV which has helped greatly. I am actually up and sitting in a chair as I am posting this. Yesterday I walked to the restroom 4 times!!

01/11/2024

01/10/2024

Eating peaches can possibly help to lower stress levels.Helps to reduce anxiety!! Peaches are a good fruit to eat if you suffer from diverticulitis. They can help with healthy digestion. So in other words eating peaches can help your dopamine and serotonin production!!

01/09/2024

Laugh Out Loud: Laughter is the best medicine!!

01/09/2024

Ginger , Turmeric,Peppermint and Licorice root are herbs with potent anti-inflammatory effects which supports gut health!!

01/09/2024

Had to leave work a little early!! Because my stomach has decided to do back flips and splits!! I am go home and lay down should be good to go tomorrow!!

01/06/2024

Ginger can benefit brain 🧠 aging and inflammation,memory ,attention ,anxiety, depression which you can suffer from dealing with a chronic illness such as diverticulitis. Ginger also helps with your gut health!!

01/03/2024

If you are wondering about the picture it is based on The Spoon Theory: which is a way to illustrate the energy limitations that can result from living with a chronic illness!! Today I am all out of spoons due to my sigmoid colon(diverticulitis) causing me extreme pain. I couldn’t even go to work today😢!!

01/03/2024

The World Health Organization defines mental health wellness as “A state of well being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities , can cope with the normal stresses of life productively and fruitfully , and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”
I am here to tell you that having really bad diverticulitis can rip your mental well being to shreds!! Make it very hard for you to perform any of the things that the World Health Organization defines Mental Health Well Being as!!

01/02/2024

Anxiety can aggravate flare ups when it comes to diverticulitis!!