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August 04, 2023

What is it Like Getting Diagnosed with Bowel Disease? | episode. 7

53 minutes

In today's episode I share how I was diagnosed with Crohns disease. I discuss the night my life changed, the colonoscopy, liver biopsy and more. I hope more than anything you can take something from this video! Please let me know what you think :)

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02:40 - Twitter or X?

04:26 - Getting Itchy Feet

05:58 - 21 is Weird

07:39 - I Hate Men and Dog Walkers

13:22 - Topic Introduction

15:25 - The First Symptoms

22:47 - When it became clear there was something wrong

26:17 - My Symptoms

27:51 - What is it?

31:30 - First Hospital Appointment

33:07 - The Colonoscopy

35:16 - Taking Steroids (prednisone)

36:55 - Liver Biopsy

41:00 - The Botched MRI

43:22 - The Impact on my Mental Health

51:00 - Gratitudes and Hope !!!

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By Erin Baker