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  • About Crohn’s and Colitis
  • About Me
  • Book Reviews
    • Books About Crohn’s and Health
      • Fred M. Saibil- Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Everything you need to know
      • Maya Dusenberry: Doing Harm. The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
      • Review of The New York Times “In-depth Report: Crohn’s Disease”
      • Review: Nigel Horwood: “Wrestling the Octopus”
    • Books for Fun
      • Hjorth and Rosenfeldt : Sebastian Bergmann/Dark Secrets
      • Sebastian Bergmann 2: The Man who watched Women

Category: lifestyle

May 10, 2016 advice / Crohn's / inspiration / lifestyle / Uncategorized

How does your garden grow? (Self-care)

My friend Harriett and her fencing coach have a lovely expression when people ask them why they fence:” keeping the

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May 5, 2016 IBD / inspiration / lifestyle / Uncategorized

Word Warrior Wednesday: Whatif (Shel Silverstein)

It’s been a while since I posted one of these- mea culpa! Life has been super busy. Today is a

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April 11, 2016 Crohn's / IBD / lifestyle / Lists / medication / pain management / Uncategorized

Insomnia- I can’t get no sleep

Deep in the bosom of the gentle night Is when I search for the light Pick up my pen and

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March 29, 2016 communication / Crohn's / fashion / IBD / lifestyle / Uncategorized

Privilege and Solidarity

Thursday before Easter Break, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation had a stand in front of my building on campus today. Lots

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March 5, 2016 lifestyle / medication / Uncategorized

The “Big Pharma” Conspiracy

I love living in Portland. I love its alternative culture that brings forth great art, culture, and just a  lot

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February 23, 2016 Crohn's / IBD / inspiration / lifestyle / Uncategorized

Being your own person

I recently read Sara Ringer’s post on dating a man with Crohn’s Disease. In the post, she elaborates on how,

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February 21, 2016 Crohn's; surgery / inspiration / lifestyle / Uncategorized

a change in perspective

Remember how in the last post I wrote that the worst that could happen had already happened? Yeah, scratch that.

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December 14, 2015 advice / communication / Crohn's / IBD / lifestyle / Uncategorized

Microaggressions and IBD

“Crohn’s? Oh, that’s ok to have, it’s treatable.” “So and so has had kidney problems, you just have a dicky

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December 10, 2015 body image / Crohn's / Crohn's; surgery / lifestyle / pain management / Uncategorized

Resilience and Determination- a guest post, part two

This is James Gunter’s story, part II.  You can find Part One here.   When I awoke I did not

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December 8, 2015 body image / Crohn's / Crohn's; surgery / inspiration / lifestyle / Uncategorized

Resilience and Determination- a guest post, part one

Today’s guest post is from James Gunter. He lives in Sheffield, UK, and he loves fitness. He was diagnosed with

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