This is a personal account of living with ulcerative colitis for more than two decades, the slow erosion that comes with chronic illness, and the decision to finally let go of a body that was no longer working.
It follows the path from diagnosis, through years of flares and treatments, to surgery and the long, uneven process of learning how to live again. Along the way, cycling becomes both metaphor and lifeline—something worth fighting for, and something that ultimately returns.
This is not a medical guide or a story about being “fixed,” but an honest record of adaptation, resilience, and finding a new normal on the other side of pain.
This is a personal account of living with ulcerative colitis for more than two decades, the slow erosion that comes with chronic illness, and the decision to finally let go of a body that was no longer working.
It follows the path from diagnosis, through years of flares and treatments, to surgery and the long, uneven process of learning how to live again. Along the way, cycling becomes both metaphor and lifeline—something worth fighting for, and something that ultimately returns.
This is not a medical guide or a story about being “fixed,” but an honest record of adaptation, resilience, and finding a new normal on the other side of pain.
