Sahara Fleetwood-Beresford...Sahara was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 2007, at the age of 19, after just two weeks of being incredibly unwell. One week later, she had...
Not Your Typical Crohn's Flare...I have had MANY Crohn's flares, yet no 2 have been alike. And, furthermore, they did not reveal themselves as a "typical" Crohn's flare. While most people experience extreme stomach...reactions5comments
A long story made short...My name is Colin. I have no colon. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis in my early 20s, I underwent a battery of drugs and testing and I ultimately was...reactions6comments
IBD diagnosis has improved my life in countless ways...We often see diagnosis of a chronic, incurable illness as the end of the world. You think only bad things can come of this... Whilst it is true that your...reactions3comments
Food & Self Acceptance Part 2...Part one of this article can be found here. This is the short version of my timeline with food. I can break it down even more, but I think you...reactionscomments
Labs to Diagnose & Monitor Crohn's or Colitis Activity...Editor's note: For World IBD Day 2019, community members submitted questions for Dr. Nandi. This video was recorded by Dr. Nandi on World IBD Day and was published at a...reactionscomments
Educating Others on Crohn's and Colitis...How would you educate others on what living with IBD is really like? How can you really help others understand what life is like living with Crohn's or ulcerative colitis?...reactionscomments
Diagnosis of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis...Editor's note: For World IBD Day 2019, community members submitted questions for Dr. Nandi. This video was recorded by Dr. Nandi on World IBD Day and was published at a...reactions2comments
Jackie Zimmerman...Jackie was previously an advocate on InflammatoryBowelDisease.net. Jackie Zimmerman has been in the patient advocacy game for over a decade and has established herself as an authority on chronic illness...
Food & Self Acceptance Part 1...My relationship with food has always been a complicated one. Even without taking my condition into consideration. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 17 years old and around that...reactionscomments
IBD Outdoors: Hiking...Up next in my IBD Outdoors series is Hiking! New to the series? Click here to see what you've missed. In this piece, I'll talk about my experiences in getting...reactions5comments
The end of one chapter, the start of another (Part 3)....I hope that if you are reading this, you have already read part one and part two. If you have read them, I want to say thank you. We ended...reactions1comment
Dear Doctor...Dear Doctor, I know that you have learned or even specialized in my disease. You have even helped a lot of people along the way. You've saved lives and impacted...reactions1comment
Why I Wanted to Die...I am a strong Christian and I believe in life after death. From 2010 until my Crohn's diagnose in 2014, I really wanted to die; living in heaven with God...reactions5comments
When You Feel Better but Your Test Results Say Otherwise...Friends, we all know that having Crohn’s disease is quite the journey. Talk about ups and downs, right? We all go through the endless zig-zagging trajectory of feeling great, then feeling...reactions5comments
Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's in spine/between vertebrae?...Has anybody had extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's in their spine/between vertebrae? Have a question? Ask it here!...reactions2replies
What I Would Change...I’ve been through a lot with my condition. By far, it is one of the best and worst things that’s ever happened to me in life. With as much trouble...reactions1comment
Has anyone with Crohn's experienced a yeast infection in the esophagus?...My upper GI scope found both inflammation and yeast in my esophagus. I also think I might have yeast in my lungs. I read that Humira increases susceptibility to fungal...reactions1reply
Pregnancy Diaries: My new arrival and surviving the post-pregnancy flare...Hi everyone! As I've updated Inflammatoryboweldisease.net readers about every stage of my pregnancy (including my first trimester, second trimester and third trimester) I thought it only fair to share my...reactions3comments
Life continues on (Part 2 of my story)...Read Part 1 of my story here So, we left off at the official diagnoses and what turned out to be the beginning of the end for my dream job...reactions3comments
