Princesses Poop Too
Does having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) make you feel like a princess? Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not only painful, serious conditions, but they also carry stigma which leads to p...
11 Jun 201938min
We Still Don't Know What Happened
Every person that lives with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in the United States knows the challenges of dealing with health insurance companies. Denials of service are common, particularly whe...
21 Mai 201937min
I Just Said Yes
Living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis may have a significant affect on intimate relationships. The reasons for this are as individual as we are but can include pain, fatigue, medication si...
7 Mai 201935min
You Have to Do What's Best For You
Many young people who are undergoing ileostomy surgery to treat Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis have never met another younger person with an ostomy. Gaylyn Henderson, founder of Gutless and Gla...
23 Apr 201945min
What Are People Going to Think?
People who live with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis experience stigma because of their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The taboo topic of bowel disease can permeate all aspects of a person's...
9 Apr 201933min
Help for Parents With Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis
How does IBD affect your family? Do you know about the tools and resources that are available to help you on your disease journey? On this episode of About IBD, I talk with the Director of Patient Edu...
26 Mar 201957min
Your Body Is Depending on You to Be Assertive
It's common for people with IBD to look online for patients who have a similar disease journey to their own. For men, however, there are fewer places to find such a peer because there are not as many ...
12 Mar 201927min
I Felt a Lot of Guilt
What compels a person to share their personal journey with IBD? For Rasheed Clarke, author of Three Tablets Twice Daily, his writing began as a way to keep track of everything for himself and his heal...
26 Feb 201923min
