Companion Magazine for IBD Volume 1 | Page 49

empty when you are fighting a disease like UC, you may mean them, but you can’t fulfill the promises. Of course, not everyone will experience the awful lows that I watched my girlfriend go through with UC, thank god. However, a lot of people may experience years and years of a middle-ground with no real hope of getting better. No matter where you are, or have been, it will get better. My girlfriend finally won her battle with UC this past June, she got her colon taken out and began a series of surgeries that will ultimately result in her having a “J Pouch”. She is back to her crazy, funny, awesome self, and I couldn’t be happier. Instead of being insecure about this disease and being quiet about it, she actually started this magazine with her awesome friend she met trying to help people fighting the same fight. There are not words to describe just how truly proud I am of her, or how much I unconditionally love her, and there doesn’t really have to be. Seeing how bad things were, and where she is now in her life, nothing is going to stop her. I’m just ?????$?????????????????????????((??((0