Reflecting on Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week 2020

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I’ve been taking moments to reflect on what it means to me to be living with Ulcerative Colitis.

My body has a disease that has no known cure with medicine. This reality impacts my spirit, my emotional well-being, and my physical being on a daily basis, even in remission. There is fear, there is pain, there is darkness, but amidst all of these – there is hope, beauty and endurance.

When a butterfly has a broken wing, it cannot grow another wing, much like once receiving a diagnosis, I cannot choose a life without Ulcerative Colitis.

But, guess what. The butterfly can still fly. And I can still have a beautiful life.

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Please click the link below to see more of my story, and how this butterfly impacted me. It took a lot of courage for me to speak up and share my story, and I hope it helps you to share yours too.

https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/in_her_words_jacklyn_s_life_with_ulcerative_colitis