15 Questions Every Patient With IBD Should Ask Their GIOne of the best things a patient can be armed with is knowledge. In my experience, the more that I understand about my illness the better I am able to live...
Explaining IBD to Others: One Spoon at a TimeOften, I close myself off from friends and family when in a flare from ulcerative colitis. The considerate "how are you feeling?" conversations are met with my unenthusiastic one-word answers...
The Emotional and Psychological Dimensions of Living with IBDLiving with inflammatory bowel disease is such a multifaceted set of challenges. There are obviously physical things we struggle with – from abdominal pain to frequent and urgent bathroom trips,...
Acid Reflux and Crohn's DiseaseIf having Crohn's disease isn't bad enough, lots of us struggle with other digestive symptoms alongside it. For me, one of these is acid reflux: categorised by burping and a...
My Favorite Snack Ideas for Eating with Crohn's DiseaseDiet and IBD is a complicated subject and one that cannot possibly fit the scope of one blog post. But today I thought I'd talk about snacking, aka my favorite...
Living with UC and PouchitisI lived with pouchitis for many years – the majority of the time I had my J-pouch, actually. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2007, but my colon was...
