Columns

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017

Is It Ever Possible to Stop Thinking About Your IBD?

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

I have a friend who is fairly new to the IBD world. She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis last year. She’s had a hard course of it, with four hospitalizations, ... Read more

March 24, 2017March 29, 2017

Crohn’s Disease ‘Scope Series’: Double Balloon Endoscopy

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of columns by Mary Horsley about IBD-related procedures. Part one and part two are also available. Continuing with my “Scope Series” theme, the ... Read more

March 22, 2017March 21, 2017

Securing Meds is a Constant Struggle with the Insurance Company

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

When people ask me about some of the harder aspects of living with Crohn’s Disease, I tell them about the chronic pain, the exhaustion and weakness, the lack of appetite, ... Read more

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

The Day Crohn’s Disease Changed My Life Forever

Columns, Finding the Silver Linings - a column by Lisa Burks

My Crohn’s story started in August 2014. I woke up one morning with severe stomach pain and went to the emergency room. The doctors there ran some tests and came up ... Read more

March 17, 2017March 22, 2017

Crohn’s Disease ‘Scope Series’: Pill Capsule Endoscopy

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns by Mary Horsley about IBD-related procedures. Continuing with my “Scope Series” theme, the next procedure that I’ve undergone, and ... Read more

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017

Chronic Reality: A Cold Will Cause Crohn’s to Kick In

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

Some weeks when I sit down to write this column, I get a little worried. Will I really have something to say this week? But each week, Crohn’s reminds me ... Read more

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

Nothing Ordinary About Novel Featuring Woman with Chronic Illness

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Allison Wheeler is an unconventional heroine of a novel, but she found her way into my heart as I read A Million Ordinary Days by Judy Mollen Walters, a book being published ... Read more

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

Through the Pages, a Novel About Illness from Childhood Memories

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

  Editor’s note: Our IBD columnist, Judy Walters, will have a new book out Tuesday in which the central character has multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, she recalls how MS affected her ... Read more

March 13, 2017March 15, 2017

Crohn’s Disease Patient Searches for the Silver Linings

Columns, Finding the Silver Linings - a column by Lisa Burks

Hello all! My name is Lisa Burks. I am 32 years old, and I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease a little over two years ago. I am an accountant, event coordinator, ... Read more

March 10, 2017March 10, 2017

Crohn’s Disease ‘Scope Series’: Colonoscopies and Endoscopies

Columns, It Could Be Worse - a column by Mary Horsley

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns by Mary Horsley about IBD-related procedures. For what I have been referring to as my “Scope Series,” I would ... Read more