They say IBD is just a bathroom disease….. Well, you and I know different! It’s not a bathroom disease. In fact, I’d argue that the bathroom was only a small part of the disease. What most of the world doesn’t understand about Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis is that needing to be fed by TPN ( […]
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listen to ‘As human as the next guy…’ on audioBoom It must be said that as I sit and type this guest blog post, I could quite happily just scoff down a few hand-fulls of pain killers and sleep for the next week or so. It is one of those occasions where an associated symptom […]
IBD Patients and Caregivers Have Strong Emotions
I want to talk about the two most powerful emotions that I believe go alongside a life with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis. As most of you already know, inflammatory bowel disease is a family disease. Most chronic illnesses are which makes them that much harder to live with. Everything that happens to patients impacts […]
Celebrating The Successes
When it comes to IBD ( Inflammatory Bowel Disease ), unfortunately we have / get more bad news than we do good news. That’s why when we do get good news, it’s important to celebrate those success and remind ourselves that we can have triumphs over this disease! Yesterday I posted ( http://goo.gl/hDvfOq ) that my son, Domenic, was going […]
Sometimes We Become Numb
Yesterday, Domenic has his infusion of Remicade. For those that don’t know, Domenic gets a monthly infusion for his Crohns Disease. We’ve been doing this for almost three years now. Remicade has made a huge difference in Domenic’s life. It has greatly improved his quality of life and, along with another medication called Methotrexate, has […]
The Hardest Decision of My Life
When I found out I was becoming a Father for the first time, I spent almost the entire nine months thinking about what life was going to be like for myself and my son-to-be. I spent hours dreaming about feeding him, changing him, watching him take his first steps, and what life would be like […]