Almost a year ago, Marisa Lauren Troy and I started a new series on The Crohn’s Colitis Effect YouTube channel called The Realities of IBD. One of the videos Marisa created was Traveling with IBD and an Ostomy. Since technically we are in Spring, heading into the Summer, I thought it might be a good […]
In May of 2015, during Digestive Disease Week ( DDW ), I had the honor of hosting the webcast Preparing for Procedures and Surgeries for the IBD Social Circle. The webcast panelist included Amber J. Tresca of AboutIBD.com, Dr. Megan Costedio of the Cleveland Clinic, Ryan Stevens of CrohnsGuy.com, Dr. Muhammad Ali of The University of […]
I have long been a proponent of listening to what your body tells you. All those little aches, pains, strains, niggles and general “something doesn’t feel right” moments are just Mother Natures way of focussing your attention on problems that need to be addressed. In the case of Crohn’s Disease, those “problems” can range from […]
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 ( […]
Today is Tuesday, May 19th 2015 and it’s World IBD Day! What exactly does that mean? No, it’s not a day to celebrate Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Honestly, outside of all the great people that I now consider to be part of my IBD family I can’t think of another reason to celebrate IBD. It’s a […]
Times change and people change with it. Living with Crohn’s Disease can force you to re-evaluate a great many things in life. It can put you outside the comfort zone of the general population who consider talking about Inflammatory Bowel Disease as something to be avoided. Over time, I have discovered that whilst I still […]
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 […]
listen to ‘Exercising with Crohn’s Disease… ’ on audioBoom Exercise and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. This worries me because working out, exercising or becoming a bit more active, is of tremendous benefit for almost anyone who has IBD. The problem – in my humble opinion – […]
The last blog I wrote for you was about the basics of a 504 plan. Today’s blog comes from the heart. It isn’t your happy, feel-good story either. When I think about it, I get mad all over again. You see, getting my son’s 504 was not all that easy. At the end of my […]
Wanting to belong and to be accepted is a natural desire for all people. It comes hand-in-hand with being ill too. When we are sick, we want to forget it usually and have time where we are just with our friends again in a normal environment and life. So go out. Do the exact things […]
