WARNING: I know there are several of my Facebook friends who like to keep up with this blog. This post contains gross details about Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and the aftermath of surgery. If you have weak constitutions or do not appreciate “TMI,” this post is not for you. Turn back now. You have been warned. To see a bigger…
They say freedom is never free. Everything has a price. Nothing worth having is easy.This week America celebrates her anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The day America declared independence from the Kingdom of Britain. Our freedom was costly. From the battle of Bunker Hill to the battle of Yorktown, many lives were sacrificed in our…
This week I was asked by a fellow IBDer on my Facebook Page what I eat with an ileostomy. She was concerned after the surgeon handed her a booklet with what appeared to be a very restrictive diet just as restrictive as UC itself!The diets do appear to be very restrictive for those with an ileostomy, that’s for sure….
A British News channel did a segment on Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Wednesday that put a lot of Crohn’s and UC patients in an uproar. A consultant gastroenterologist, Dr. Sally Mitton, appeared to blame junk food for making it more likely for someone to develop an IBD.“(…) if you have a lot of junk food before your diagnosis it actually…
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