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Muhammad Usman

Is it a body ache or is it my medication?

Is it a body ache or is it my medication?

I've been having this strange thought recently that maybe it's my medicine, mesalamine causing me to have side effects that are like a headache, a random ache in my bones, or some times just an uncomfortable feeling. I think it's maybe aging too? I

Six months of UC

Six months of UC

This week marks 6 months since I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC), and I wanted to share some thoughts on what has changed in my life because of this. The Diagnosis Last year, around September, I started to get stomach pain and sudden urges to run to the restroom.

Onions

Onions

I wanted to call this post something else, but today in the shower, I had an idea: there are so many layers of myself that I have discovered over the last few years, and yet so many more that I haven’t even begun to peel back. The reason I&

February and March roundups

The past two months have gone by so fast, I can't believe it. And it's all been in a very good kind of way of time passing. The kind where you're busy everyday and come Friday, you're surprised the week went by

Subtracting projects

Subtracting projects

Lately, I've been exploring the idea of simplifying my life by subtracting rather than adding. This journey began with the book Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! and was further inspired by Subtract by Leidy Klotz. In this post, I'll focus on subtracting projects I've started over

Cancel vs subscribe 2024

Cancel vs subscribe 2024

For the past few years, I've been doing this thing where at the beginning of every year, I take a hard look at my subscriptions and decide if I should consider canceling or continuing to subscribe, and in some rare case, start subscribing to new services. I want

Things I read and liked in January 2024

I've been busy over the last week so I haven't been able to write this post but I wanted to share my favorite things I discovered over the last month, and a few things I just want to highlight. Things I read Something I think about