The Snuggles Are the Thing
About IBD
English - September 13, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 40.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Nutrition chronic colitis crohns health ibd ileostomy jpouch ostomy spoonie Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How do your pets help you with your IBD? I speak to Meredith Mangold, "The Bowel Battling Badass,” about the role her dogs have played in her life. She became seriously ill with ulcerative colitis, which progressed into a rare complication called toxic megacolon. As her journey with IBD progressed, she eventually needed colectomy surgery, and has since been diagnosed with other immune-mediated conditions. Her two dogs, however, have become a big part of her advocacy work and they help her manage the pain and loneliness that come with chronic illness.
Concepts discussed on this episode:
Toxic megacolon CT Scan Ileus Extra-intestinal Manifestations of IBD Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Steroid-Induced OsteoporosisFind Meredith Mangold of The Bowel Battling Badass at Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Find Amber J Tresca at AboutIBD.com, Verywell, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
Credits: Mix and sound design is by Mac Cooney. Theme music, "IBD Dance Party,” is from ©Cooney Studio.