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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
June 22, 2015 Crohn's / medication

Making Pacts with the Devil- an update on me

When people ask me what it’s like living with a chronic disease, I sometimes say that it’s like making a

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June 9, 2015 Crohn's / pain management

Nation of Pill-Poppers

I perceive a lot of cultural differences when it comes to dealing with pain in the US and in Germany,

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June 3, 2015 advice / Crohn's / IBD / inspiration

Putting yourself First

In the classical Bildungsroman, the hero undergoes several challenges and hurdles through the course of his (because there are too

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May 19, 2015 IBD / lifestyle

Take Steps 2015, the good, the bad and opportunities for next year

Yesterday, I went to Take Steps2015- the annual fundraising walk that the local chapters of the CCFA. The Northwest Chapter

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May 13, 2015 advice / lifestyle

Positive Thinking- the Health Movement’s form of Blaming the Victim

The first time I was in the United States was in 2004. I was an exchange student who had moved

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May 9, 2015 body image / food / lifestyle

Crohn’s, Weight and Body Image (and a dash of feminism, for good measure)

I have always had weight fluctuations. Spoiler alert: All of them had to do with Prednisone…. In the eighties, there

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May 4, 2015 Crohn's / inspiration / surgery

Kate Keen Photography- an Interview

Today, I have the honor of featuring an interview with photographer Kate Keen. She is a Bournemouth-based photographer, who also

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April 29, 2015 Uncategorized

How old were you when you were diagnosed?

Originally posted on Tom's Crohn's Diary:
My first poll on here – all feed back is most welcome! Take Our Poll

April 28, 2015 fashion / lifestyle / Lists / surgery / WHAT TO WEAR

What to wear…. with a transrectal drain and other Tipps

As I wrote in a previous post, I had a huge infection after my first two surgeries, that required two

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April 24, 2015 Uncategorized

Chronic illness and making an academic career/working life – unjustified judgements

Originally posted on Improving Vocational Education and Training:
      Despite the challenges they face, people with chronic illnesses can be highly productive, high-functioning…

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