This week we spoke to Liam Robertson! Liam was diagnosed with UC when he was a young adult but the process was lengthy and filled with times when he was not believed. We talked about what that was like to navigate the health system and his feelings on it. We discussed...
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This is week we had such a fun conversation with Wendy Kovich! Wendy was diagnosed with Crohn's in her 20's very shortly after she married and it's been quite the roller coaster since. We talked to her about navigating through treatment options and surgeries, working with her healthcare team to get pregnant, dealing with a fistula, and what it's been like to raise her twins while having very active disease. We spent a lot of time talking about her decision to move from a J-Pouch to a permanent ostomy, what it took for her to emotionally make this decision, the team it took to do the surgery and to repair her fistula, how she learned from Instagram Influencers on how to care for her ostomy, and how much she loves her "Barbie Butt." We also laughed so hard about how her "white coat syndrome" manifests itself.
We loved talking with Wendy and we definitely feel like we have a new best friend.
Links:
- Pregnancy and IBD Factsheet– Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
- Pregnancy & IBD info– GI Society – Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
- Fertility and IBD– Crohn's & Colitis Canada
- Some great blogs about pregnancy and IBD– Lights, Camera, Crohn's – Natalie Hayden
- United Ostomy Association
- Wendy loves and referred to Gaylyn Henderson who runs Gutless and Glamorous!
- GREAT Resources for moms with IBD- IBD Moms
- Complications and Extraintestinal Manifestations info– Crohn's & Colitis Canada
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