by benforred | Dec 28, 2017 | Health, Medication, Pain, Symptoms
I feel as though my health has started upon a roller coaster gradually building over the last two years to now. I’ve been on a search for managing worsened chronic abdominal pain and the addition of chronic nausea since 2015 after an unexpected hospitalization....
by benforred | Dec 16, 2017 | Product, Review, Sponsored
Disclaimer: I have been given this product as part of a product review. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was in no way influenced by the company. I was nine years old when I had my ileostomy placed before I...
by benforred | Dec 1, 2017 | Advocacy, Health, Review
We all have memories of things or times that we cling to from our childhood that fill us with nostalgia. For me, some of those things include the tv shows my mom watched. I’ve always had an adoration for the shows MASH, Golden Girls, Designing Women. I...
by benforred | Nov 21, 2017 | Advocacy, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Family, Medical Providers, Research, Support
The University of Michigan sponsored a Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Family Day this November in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This wasn’t the first year for the family day, but it was my first year to attend. I asked my mother, who also has Familial Polyposis (FAP), to...
by benforred | Nov 13, 2017 | Pain, Symptoms
Have you ever noticed how the symptoms of GI issues are nearly always the same regardless of the actual diagnosis? They all seem to have in common diarrhea, constipation, nausea, cramping, pain, and bloating to some degree. And we can have more than one GI diagnosis...
