A Guy with Crohn's

What is Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Part 3 - Ostomies #IBD

So the first thing I want to say about this, is that everything I am going to write is from information gotten online.  I don’t have an ostomy so I don’t have first hand experience  with them.  Forgive me if my information is incorrect or out of date.  In fact, please let me know if something is wrong. Let’s jump right in.  What is an ostomy?  According to the United Ostomy Association of…

Check out my new post What is IBD part 2 - Ulcerative Colitis #IBD #UlcerativeColitis

Last month I talked about my disease, Crohn’s Disease.  This month I will attempt to tackle the other most common disease with IBD, Ulcerative Colitis.  Of course, I don’t have it so it will be hard to put my own feelings into this so it might read more like a medical journal.  I apologize for that but I want you, the reader, to understand that IBD isn’t just one disease and we all go through…

Check out my new post What Is Crohn's Disease #IBD #CrohnsDisease #InflammatoryBowelDisease

I have been sitting here thinking about what to write and it hit me that I don’t think I have ever done a post on just what Crohn’s Disease or IBD is.  So, what better time then now to talk about it. WHAT IS CROHN’S DISEASE? Let’s start with IBD or Inflammatory Bowel Disease.  IBD is a broad term used for many diseases.  They are chronic and incurable disease and usually make life a living hell…

Now that the sun is out and the warm, or rather hot, weather is here many people are happy.  They can go out and enjoy the sunshine and get a tan.  They can hang at the beach or pool.  They have BBQ’s and picnics.  But sadly not everyone can enjoy the summer days.  For many of us, Summer is dangerous. Like so many things IBD, the heat of the summer days can be bad for us.  For many, it brings on…

Read my new blog post Food Poisoning and IBD #CrohnsDisease #UlcerativeColitis

This past weekend had me thinking about those friends I have that suffer from severe IBD.  Over the Memorial Day weekend, my wife and I went away to Atlantic City.  Our first day there we had fun and looked forward to the next day.  However, things would take a bad turn. On Sunday morning, my wife got really sick.  She had been suffering from either a cold or allergies so I figured things just…

Today is World IBD Day.  Every year our community gets together to celebrate awareness and a ton of posts on blogs and social media pop up.  I am no exception to this and I have written a post in honor of the day.  I have been thinking about what to write about for awhile and I really couldn’t think of anything that I can just type up.  Of the topics in my head I want to do some research and take…

IBD, Transgender and Bathroom laws #IBD #Transgender #CrohnsDisease #UlcerativeColitis

With all this talk about transgender people using bathrooms I can’t help but think just how crazy this all is.  We have so many problems in this world and this is what people are wasting their time fighting about.  The more I hear about it the madder I get because truthfully, I don’t care.  If a person feels like they were born the wrong gender and they are trying to correct it, why should we…

Meet Dr. Frank J Sileo

In an effort to switch things up and get you, my readers, more involved, I have brought in a great person to hopefully shake things up here. I want to introduce Dr. Frank J Sileo. Dr. Frank J. Sileo is a New Jersey licensed psychologist and is the Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Psychological Enhancement, LLC located in Ridgewood, New Jersey.  He works with children, adolescents…

New Blog Post: Juicing - Good or Bad, #IBD #CrohnsDisease #UlcerativeColitis

This morning I was looking at Twitter and I saw a tweet that said that juicing really isn’t good for you and lead me to this article.  I know many an IBD that swear to juicing so of course I had to take a look. Of course like most click baits these days, the article wasn’t quite what was being described.  It goes on to say that juicing as a form of detoxing the body doesn’t really work.  Of…

Just a quick update.  I am looking to start writing again and I would love to change my format a little.  I want to get you, my viewers, more involved.  So, here is what I want to do.  I am going to list some things I will be writing about soon and I would love for you to let me know if you have any experience or stories you want to share.  You can email me at [email protected].  It can be…

Early Resolutions for the New Year #IBD #CrohnsDiseaes #Ulcerativecolitis #IBDAwarenessWeek

This week is IBD Awareness Week.  I haven’t done much or even been on this blog for a long time.  But, I wanted to write something up for this week and there is something that has been on my mind. Part of living with IBD is that you can’t always do what you want to in life.  Sometimes the pain and the constant bathroom trips stop you from doing things.  Well, for me that is going to change.…

2015 Super Bowl Pool ~ for The Intense Intestines Foundation #IBD

This is something I have been wanting to do for a while but never seemed to make the time for it.  So, this year I am doing it.  I am holding a pool for the Super Bowl.  50% of the money raised will go to The Intense Intestines Foundation, a charity that helps people with Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and Ostomies.  The other 50% go to 4 winners.

I am selling boxes for $10 each.  I will…

Check out my fast and easy #GlutenFree Ice Cream Sandwich.

Happy New Year everyone.  This past year was a roller coaster for me.  As you might know, I went off being gluten free for about 1/2 the year.  After feeling really sick, I decided to go back to being GF right after Thanksgiving.  It was at this time I thought of this very simple recipe.

Know you can do this completely homemade, but mine isn’t.  I use pre-made ingredients.  It is fast to do and…

Beyond the Bathroom #IBDAwarenessWeek #Crohns #UlcerativeColitis

As many of you might know by now, this is IBD Awareness Week.  What you also might not know is that I recently joined the Board of Directors for The Intense Intestines Foundation.

This week, the IIF rolled out a new contest/campaign.  It is called the Beyond the Bathroom.  As you can tell from the name, we are trying to show that IBD is more than a pooping disease and there is so much more to it…

IBD Workshop on Nov 8th 2014 #CrohnsDisease #UlcerativeColitis #Ostomy

Come one come all.  If you are in the Southern Connecticut area on November 8th, there is a free IBD workshop being help by my good friends at The Intense Intestines Foundation.

http://www.intenseintestines.org/ibdworkshop/

    Intense Intestines Crohn’s & Colitis Workshop

The IIF team is excited to host our first Crohn’s & Colitis Workshop at Equinox of Greenwich on Saturday, November 8th. We…

What Is Wrong With Me?? #IBD #CrohnsDisease #UlcerativeColitis

Have you ever asked yourself this question? You can be sitting there, just trying to think of a word that has slipped your mind and you think what is wrong with me. Or you can be seriously ill, can’t get diagnosed by a competent doctor and again, you ask the question.

These past couple of months have been very busy. I am sorry I haven’t kept up with this blog. When I last left off, I was in the…