You Only Have Crohn's Once!

You Only Have Crohn's Once!

Jeff Geerling
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Table of Contents

You Only Have Crohn's Once!

  • Introduction
    • What is IBD?
    • I don’t trust you, where do I go for more information?
  • 1 - The Joy of Crohn’s
    • Phobias
    • Diagnostics
    • Medicines and Treatments
    • Relationships and Family
    • Work-Life Balance
    • Mixed blessings
    • Summary
  • 2 - At the Hospital
    • Sights and Sounds
    • Nurses
    • Doctors
    • Food and Drink
    • Summary
  • 3 - At Home and Elsewhere
    • Home Sweet Toilet
    • Social Life
    • Work
    • Summary
  • 4 - Colonoscopies
    • For starters, the Molotov cocktail
    • The morning-of, a.k.a. ‘The Purge, Chapter 2’
    • The procedure
    • The after-procedure
    • The Memory
    • Pro Tips for Prep
    • Summary
  • 5 - Other Common Tests and Minor Procedures
    • Blood Tests
    • Stool Samples
    • Capsule endoscopy (pill-oscopy!)
    • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
    • CT Enterography
    • Upper endoscopy
    • Barium Enema
    • Summary
  • 6 - Medication
    • Corticosteroids
    • 5-ASAs
    • Immunomodulators
    • Biologics (the “oo-mabs”)
    • Summary
  • 7 - Surgery
    • TODO.
  • 8 - Colectomy Surgery, a.k.a. ‘The Big One’
    • Benefits of a Proctocolectomy and Ostomy
    • Downsides of a Proctocolectomy and Ostomy
    • Recovery and my new friend, the Stoma
    • Bowel Prep
    • Recovery in the Hospital
    • Getting ‘The Bag’
    • Going Home
    • Summary
  • 9 - Community, Advocacy, and Meetups
  • Appendix A - Advice for Parents
  • Appendix B - Advice for Friends
  • Notes
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A light-hearted guide for those living with IBD.

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  1. Introduction

  2. 1 - The Joy of Crohn’s

  3. 2 - At the Hospital

  4. 3 - At Home and Elsewhere

  5. 4 - Colonoscopies

  6. 5 - Other Common Tests and Minor Procedures

  7. 6 - Medication

  8. 7 - Surgery

  9. 8 - Colectomy Surgery, a.k.a. ‘The Big One’

  10. 9 - Community, Advocacy, and Meetups

  11. Appendix A - Advice for Parents

  12. Appendix B - Advice for Friends

  13. Notes