Natalie Hayden
Wife. Mom of 3. Former TV Journalist in MN, WI, & IL.
Crohn’s since ’05. Award-winning IBD patient leader.
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Love Without Limits: Dating With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Whether you have inflammatory bowel disease or not, chances are you have interesting stories in your rolodex about your dating past. The week I was diagnosed and hospitalized with Crohn’s, my heart was broken not only about my health, but also by my boyfriend at the time. Despite the breakup happening 19 years ago, I…
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You Are So Much More Than Your Condition– On Not Letting Crohn’s Define You
Hindsight is 20/20 but I wish when I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease 18 years ago that I could have had a crystal ball to show me all that my life would become despite my IBD. I’ve been where you are. I was fresh out of college, 21-years-old. My world as I knew it came…