BadGut® Story on Microscopic Colitis My name is Marilyn Konstapel and I have a form of inflammatory bowel disease, called microscopic colitis. I’m sharing my story because microscopic colitis (MC) is an underdiagnosed disease, and many patients don’t get the [...]
Mark Ferguson: Diverticular Disease Surgery Experience I’m 67 years old and I’ve had 27 diverticulitis attacks over a span of about eleven years. It’s been a painful journey. After interviewing six different surgeons in Ottawa in 2018, they told me [...]
Marty Enokson’s Battle with Obesity I am 13 years post bariatric surgery and still living with and battling the chronic disease of obesity. After having had a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RNY), I can say that it is such incredibly hard [...]
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Don’t let your IBD beat you: Mavreen David's 4 Tips to Triumph Mavreen David stood at the front of a packed lecture theatre in Vancouver’s UBC Robson Square campus on a warm day in May. Among the many aspects of [...]
Millie McConnell: Stomach Cancer Survivor My name is Millie McConnell, and I am a fifteen-year stomach cancer survivor. I was diagnosed November 15, 2001 with stage 3B signet ring stomach cancer and told to put my affairs in order. At [...]
Jonathan Abbey Jonathan Abbey My Disease I was halfway through grade 7 when I started suffering from frequent sharp abdominal pain, much like appendicitis pain, which caused me to miss many days of school. When I started my [...]
One of a Kind: Patty Emry’s Story Parents often tell their children that they are special and unique. Patty Emry has been hearing this throughout her life – but usually from surgeons. Born as a twin in 1950, some of [...]
Fighting C. difficile is Everyone’s Business Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) occurs most frequently in hospitals and nursing or assisted living homes, but still occurs at home, within the community. Several antibiotics that are good at treating bacterial infections [...]
IBD Patient Stories Over the past thirty-six years, we have offered this newsletter as a forum for our members/subscribers to share their personal stories about living with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As knowledge and treatment options [...]
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