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The Morbus Crohnicles

bottom's-up stories

  • 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

Tag: painkillers

October 16, 2016 Crohn's / herbal supplements / IBD / lifestyle / medication / pain management / Uncategorized

Hey, FDA

  Hey, FDA: I am tired of being infantilized as a patient. I am really tired. With the increasing number

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August 23, 2016 IBD / pain management / Uncategorized

It’s Tuesday, and I am tired…

Even though I am a lapsed, non-practicing Catholic, there are certain ways that this belief system has shaped the way

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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 17, 2016 Crohn's / medication / pain management / surgery / Uncategorized

Nation of Pill-Poppers part II

In the early days of this blog, I wrote about my perceived overprescription of opioid painkillers, how chronic disease fits

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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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January 25, 2016 Crohn's / Uncategorized

One year surgery anniversary

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my stomach perforation. One year ago, I was writhing in agony on the

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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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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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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 20, 2015 Crohn's / style

What’s in my bag? -Post-op Crohn’s Edition

As a German, you get culturally conditioned to be prepared. We are a people of planners and what-iffers.  This can

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