Bowel Moments

Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll meet Dr. Sunanda V. Kane! Dr. Kane is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; physician chair of the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy’s Fellow Subcommittee; and assistant chair of patient experience in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division of the Mayo Clinic. She has a special and passionate interest in women and IBD and so...

Send us Fan Mail This week we share a tequila cocktail with Josie McGarva! We talk about her Crohn's disease and her struggle with fistulas and abscesses. We also spend quite a bit of time talking about mental health and IBD and Josie's graduate work in health psychology. She's making great strides researching Post Traumatic Stress and IBD and health disparities and IBD. Very cool s...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk to Hannah Cramer! We talked a lot about surgeries, waking up with an unexpected ostomy, how the world could be more accessible for people living with ostomies, her challenging career and how her IBD influenced her career choice, and trauma and IBD. You won't want to miss this great conversation. We're convinced she's going to change the world. Link...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk to Caroline Perry on being diagnosed with Crohn's disease very young, growing up with IBD, and what is was like to have a sibling with IBD as well as one without IBD. We also talk about establishing boundaries when we you have IBD and also work in IBD research, how important it is to find people who really "get it", creative outlets for expressing...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode you meet Dr. Lukasz Kwapisz! Dr. Kwapisz is an Assistant Professor and IBD Specialist at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.  We discuss how he chose to specialize in IBD and his passion for treating our community,  his special interest in pouch disorders, tests that your doctor orders and why, the importance of early...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode you meet Dr. Bincy P. Abraham! Dr. Abraham is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Fondren Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at the Underwood Digestive Diseases Center at Houston Methodist Hospital. We discuss her career in GI, her research into probiotics and nanotechnology, women's hormones and IBD, how she chooses her healthcare partners and patie...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk to Crohn's patient Jodie Delay who also has a brother and son with Crohn's. We discussed accepting and feeling all emotions, how empowering and exciting advocacy can be, and  how you can choose to live joyfully even in the face of adversity (#ginandjoy). Jodie also gives us some parenting hacks and reminds us that just because you may have IBD, doesn&ap...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk to Amy Btiebet Washington on living well with Crohn's disease, self-care options, finding the right provider and the right tribe, how vulnerability can create connections, and how sometimes you just got to have that craft beer even if you pay for it the next day. Resources: - TED Talk- Brene Brown- The Power of Vulnerability - So good. - Rome GI Psych - refe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll meet Lt. Colonel Dr. Anish Patel! Dr. Patel is the head of GI and an IBD Specialist at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. We talk to him about why he chose IBD, how an IBD diagnosis works in the military, the importance of mental health, and small batch whiskey. Links: - Iron Smoke Distillery - Brooke Army Medical Center Gastroenterology - I...

Send us Fan Mail As you hopefully heard in our last episodes, both Co-Host Robin and last week's guest Stacey Collins were having J-Pouch surgery. Their surgeries were quite close together and so they became surgery/recovery buddies. Unfortunately they had vastly different post-surgical outcomes. In this episode we talk about their different experiences, we talk about pre- and post-surgery nu...

Send us Fan Mail We had so much fun talking to our friend Stacey Collins in this episode! Stacey is a Dietitian who lives with UC and we talked about the field of Dietetics, diet research for IBD,  what you can find out in your bloodwork, surgery as a treatment option, road-tripping with IBD....and the joy that is Topo Chico....especially when mixed with tequila and lime. Cheers! Resources and Sho...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Dr. Ashish Patel who is the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Phoenix Children's Hospital and an IBD expert! We discuss caring for kids with IBD, pediatric IBD research and why it's both exciting and frustrating, transitioning patients to adult care, and so much more! Be like Dr. Patel and grab an IPA and join us!  Let's get soci...

Send us Fan Mail This week we had a great conversation with Grady Stewart! We talked about navigating the college health system, being diagnosed as a child vs. as an adult, grief associated with a chronic illness diagnosis, and how Grady works with and advocates for other people living with IBD. He's a joy and an inspiration!  Let's get social!! Follow us on Instagram ! Follow us on Face...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk to Sam Goldon about navigating college and dating with IBD, mental health, pooping while camping, and so much more. Sam is one half of the envy-inducing "thegoldonqueers" instagram account, a pediatric nurse, and who is living very well with UC.  Let's get social!! Follow us on Instagram ! Follow us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter !

Send us Fan Mail Get to know your co-host Robin and Alicia! In this episode Alicia interviews Robin and we learn about her Crohn's disease and history with IBD. We laugh....we cry....we drink!  Let's get social!! Follow us on Instagram ! Follow us on Facebook ! Follow us on Twitter !