9021-woah!

I'm addicted to E! E! news that is...and tabloids, people.com, DWTS and anything/everything celebrity related. I find the lives of Hollywood's elite so fascinating.

I have been doing a lot of research to understand more about life with an ostomy and this past week I discovered that actress, Shannen Doherty, suffers from Crohn's disease. In an interview around 1999, Shannen described the unappealing nature of this disease. "There's nothing sexy about a woman saying, 'I have to go to the bathroom right now'". 

Trust me. There truly isn't.

There's also nothing sexy about going to the bathroom repeatedly during a first date, using the men's bathroom because the women's is occupied, or having an accident at party, in your car, or during school. It's the most unsexy feeling in the world. You feel dirty, like your body is out of control, and frustrated. However it's in these moments that I've discovered that I have people in my life who truly care about me. That amazingly wouldn't think twice to help me in these embarrassing situations. That washed my jeans, cleaned the interior of my Jeep, and hugged me.

What I wanted to tell them after these incidents was similar to what Brenda told Brandon in an early 90210 episode, "No matter how crazed and bent out of shape I ever got, you were always there for me and I'll never forget it. You really are my best friend." So to all my "Brandons" out there, I'm very grateful God put you in my zipcode.