J-pouch Life

A commenter recently asked about how to take care of a loved one who has UC. This has come up before and I have tried to assemble a list of things I found helpful from my partner. Please add any other suggestions in the comments (I’d love to hear what others have to say). 1. [...]

Remaining positive is very important in life and can be especially difficult once you are presented with a chronic illness. On his site, Dennis has posted some interesting paintings called the yes paintings. He describes them as answers to “the question”: So while the Question and the Asker may not be immediately clear, the Answer [...]

I’m unsure how things are in other countries, but in Canada (given our universal health care system – yay Canada!) there is always a looming chance that surgery will get bumped. I have been scrambling to get things ready for when I go into surgery and was planning a celebratory weekend after my PhD proposal [...]