Karissa Pentlichuk, BASc, IBD, AS, HT, OTS, BLD with GA, PsO, IAE, TMD, CM When I was in university, I would dream of the educational pos…
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Here is the rundown and update as of Feb 2025. I am currently 38 years old, turning 39 this August. Diagnoses & Chronic Conditions: …
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Alright - some good-ish news. I had my pouchoscopy today - to look in my internal J-Pouch, check on the Crohn's, and try to figure out…
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My biopsy results came in today from the upper and lower scopes I had done last weekend. There was active esophagitis and an ulcer in my e…
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Last week I was having major pain in my esophagus. Suspecting esophagitis (which I've had before), my family physician called in a pres…
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Do you ever feel like most of your time is wasted being sick?? When I am going through a particularly bad spell, all I focus on is listeni…
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In March of 2004, I had an abdominal surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, secondary to a surgery performed the year prior: after spendin…
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Let's face it - dating with any kind of chronic illness can be incredibly difficult. Dating with illnesses like Crohn's Disease, U…
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If you haven't seen the movie Passengers, there are spoilers below. In this movie, the ship that the passengers are traveling on start…
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One of the biggest myths of healthcare is a one-size-fits-all approach. We are led to believe that: Bacterial Infection -> …
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It has been ingrained in us that much of our identity comes from what we do. What we do for work, what our hobbies are, what we do …
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This is a topic that was liked by multiple people to write about - and it's such an important topic: How do you cope with …
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What is it like to live with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (like Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease...)? The short version…
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When do you feel your best? I know that, for me, this can be a complicated question to answer. The truth is, it depends on the disease an…
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Things are starting to move in the right direction! On November 20, 2022, I reduced to a mostly liquid and soft-food diet. Every 2-3 weeks…
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This story is a favourite of mine - even though it is also one of my most significant pivots, and heartbreaks, in life due to illness. Vol…
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This past week I was asked to write a condensed version of my health story for the website Love What Matters . This website is dedicated …
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Super interesting moment tonight. We were watching Family Feud and this question came up: "How many days would you say you spend sick…
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Warning: this post contains details that some readers may find disturbing. I know this is just a blog. I don't know how many people wi…
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I always feel like a liar. Not because I'm lying, but because chronic illness is so variable, unpredictable, and always changing. For …
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