This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a while now, but I’ve been putting it off. This week I got into a discussion with several in the IBD community about probiotics. Many of us have tried so many different forms of probiotics, VSL#3, yogurt, acidophilus, etc., etc. There are several, however, who have never tried an…
Public toilets. I try to avoid them whenever possible. For several obvious reasons. As an Ulcerative Colitis sufferer, I have, unfortunately been unwillingly compelled to use them more often than I’d like. Whether you have an Inflammatory Bowel Disease or not, you’ve been there… That awkward moment when you’ve just satisfied your penetralia via the lavatory… and the aroma…
Like many bloggers this time of year, I am writing a Christmas post. Google “Christmas Blog” and you’ll come up with 580,000,000 results. We really don’t need another Christmas Post, do we? But here I am. Why? Because last year at Christmas, I was in the hospital. In the hospital on 40mg of Prednisone with severe dehydration. December 2013…
Some of you may know that I had an ostomy for about three months. Specifically an ileostomy. I have realized, however, that not many people know that there’s a big difference between an ileostomy and a colostomy (including a few healthcare professionals). Because of this, I thought it might be good to write a post about colostomies. As I…
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