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- #12 Mental Health and IBD with Clinical Psychologist, Dr Stacey Boardman
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Ask anyone living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis what their main concerns are and you'll find the topic of mental health in IBD right up there, top of the list.
So Nigel and I were delighted when we found out a mental health expert wanted to come onto our podcast to share a few pearls about supporting good mental health in IBD.
Welcome to Dr Stacey Boardman, an IBD clinical psychologist at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. Stacey talks to us about her role on the gastro psychology team and how she supports IBD patients across a whole host of issues faced when living with inflammatory bowel disease.
As ever, we hope you enjoy this episode. And please do let us know of other topics you would like to see covered on Wresting the Octopus: The IBD Patient Podcast.
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45 min - #11 Author Vicky Ball Discusses Life With IBD - Plus Her Famous Viral Moment!
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Author Vicky Ball has lived with mild inflammatory bowel disease since 2021.
She has published two teen fiction books, with a third adult fiction book in the works.
In this episode of Wrestling the Octopus: The IBD Patient Podcast, Vicky talks to us about how she manages her career as a writer while living with IBD. She also tells us about her now-famous viral moment with her book sales.
We hope Vicky's story spurs on many aspiring writers with IBD to achieve their publishing dreams!
You can follow Vicky on X at @vickyball3
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17 min - #10 IBD and Ageing - Gastroenterologist, Dr Adam Faye Tells Us What We Need to Know!
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Getting older with inflammatory bowel disease - be that Crohn's or ulcerative colitis - comes with specific challenges and tailored decision-making with our healthcare teams.
This includes considering drug safety as we age, other conditions (co-morbidities) we develop as we get older, plus the safety of procedures - and much more besides.
So we are delighted to welcome to this episode Dr Adam Faye, gastroenterologist at NYU Langone in the US, who delivers a tour-de-force guide to ageing with IBD. Dr Faye specialises in this subject in his New York practice.
As ever, please let us know your feedback on the podcast - plus ideas for future subjects and guests.
We hope you enjoy this episode! And our warmest thanks to Dr Faye for donating his time so generously in the name of IBD patient education!
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48 min - #9 Travelling With IBD - Our Interview With IBD Passport Founder, Kay Greveson
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Going on your summer holidays? Travelling with Crohn's or ulcerative colitis?
Join us on our latest episode of Wrestling the Octopus: The IBD Patient Podcast as we chat with Kay Greveson, Kay is the founder of IBD Passport - a brilliant resource and educational website for people with IBD who need information on travel with their disease.
We talk about the Sunflower Lanyard; what to do if you need the toilet when the seatbelt signs are on; adapting to diet in different countries; travelling with medication - and much more besides.
See ibdpassport.com for more information. You can also follow Kay at @ibdpassport on social media.
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30 min - #8 From Birkenhead to Philadelphia - an IBD Patient's Story
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In this episode of Wrestling the Octopus: The IBD Patient Podcast, Nigel and I are delighted to welcome Rob, our first IBD patient guest on the show!
Rob talks to us about his diagnosis of Crohn's as a Brit in the USA. We absolutely loved speaking with him - highly relatable and a really nice guy to boot!
Let us know what you think - plenty more patient episodes coming up!
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31 min - #7 Having a Colonoscopy - Top Tips and Musings from Two Veteran IBD Patients
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Who can believe we've notched up 7 episodes already?!
But indeed we have!
If you have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, you will doubtless have had (or are due to have) a colonoscopy or three.
In this episode, we reflect on our past experiences of having colonoscopies. As well as the ouch! moments, there are some top tips along the way...
As ever, please let us know your thoughts too - and we welcome suggestions for future topics to cover.
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21 min - #6 Part 2 - More IBD patients' questions answered by Dr Mark Samaan
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In Part 2 of Episode 6 of Wrestling the Octopus IBD, we put some more IBD patient questions to consultant gastroenterologist, Dr Mark Samaan from Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital in London.
This time we're asking what is the definition of an IBD flare, how frequently patients should be monitored - both in active disease and remission - and whether there is a place for surgery as an early treatment option.
Nigel and I would like to thank Dr Samaan for generously donating his time as a medical guest on these two podcasts.
We'd love to hear your feedback as we plan our future episodes!
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34 min - #6 Part 1 - IBD patients' questions answered by Dr Mark Samaan
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Nigel and I had the pleasure of recording a two-part podcast for Episode 6 of Wrestling the Octopus with consultant gastroenterologist, Dr Mark Samaan.
Dr Samaan treats IBD patients at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital in London - where the service has around 6,000 patients on its books.
We are really grateful to Dr Samaan for answering some of the common questions that Crohn's and UC patients have about their disease.
This episode is Part 1 of 2.
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33 min - #5 Good Medicine in IBD - Through the Eyes of Patients
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In Episode 5 of Wrestling the Octopus, Nigel and I discuss our definition of "good medicine". What does this term mean to us as patients - and how might it differ from how healthcare professionals define it?
Should "good medicine" take in all the softer clinical skills that go beyond academic knowledge, or is the focus on getting the right drug to the right patient?
As ever, we welcome your feedback on this episode. And don't forget that we're always glad to hear your suggestions for future topics!
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27 min - #4 World IBD Day special - Shooting the breeze on IBD
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In our fourth episode of Wrestling the Octopus IBD, recorded to mark World IBD Day, Nigel and I busk our way through various IBD topics. Whatever comes to mind - in whichever order - that we think merits discussion. Some serious, some silly.
We talk managing fatigue, the cost of living with Crohn's, the crazy things that steroids made us do, and why neither of us like the idea of wearables to track our IBD. Plus lots more.
We'd love to hear your opinions too and, as ever, let us know what you'd like us to talk about in future episodes.
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About Wrestling the Octopus IBD
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Two long-term IBD patients, Rachel and Nigel, share their experiences and perspectives on living with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis).