Even people who don't have IBD will get an upset stomach when stressed or nervous. That whole "butterflies in the stomach," and urgent need to "go" is actually pretty natural and normal. In fact, a gastroenterologist once told me that the gut is the center of the body and the gauge of our emotions. Even people without IBD or IBS, he told me, will... Read more
Last week my husband and I went on a well-earned vacation to the beach. After working for 10 straight months without more than a couple of days off we decided to do something that we don't do often enough - we did nothing. Okay, we ate, we laid on the beach, we swam in the ocean, and we walked along the shoreline, but other than that, and... Read more
New Study:
There was a new study published in the May 29, 2008 issue of Nature, a science and medicine journal, which may point researchers and pharmaceutical companies in a new direction of how to treat IBD. Researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School teamed up to conduct a study using mice and one of the... Read more
Just a brief update on my blog from last week . . . I met my deadline late last Friday and by Sunday my gut was much happier and pretty much back to normal. I had continued to eat my bland diet and worked in some yoga and meditation at least every other day, if not every day. This week I've gone back to eating normally (at least to my version of... Read more
I've decided that this week's blog is going to be a patient-to-patient blog. No facts, no figures, just a write-up of how me and my gut are currently doing.
The reality is, I've been frustrated by my gut these past few weeks. I'm not in a full-fledged flare, but my stools are less formed (Have had outright diarrhea for two straight days... Read more
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