Living with Ulcerative Colitis

(Source: americanpregnancy.org)

One could characterize her life at that time with one word: pain. It was emotional and physical. At any time you might find Danielle on the floor of their apartment, suffering from joint pain or the emotional pain of losing her hair in clumps. Even her face was changing. One side effect of corticosteroids is something called moon face; the face builds up fatty tissue on the sides, rounding our your features. This is not what a recently married young woman wants to face when she looks in the mirror. She was not only broken in body and spirit but in her heart.