WANTED: Crohn's End
Sometimes you have to listen to your gut.
IBD Talk 02.12.2012
Feb 12th
A doctor prescribing an NSAID for an IBD patient needs to have their head examined by someone other than their own ass.
A doctor prescribing an NSAID for an IBD patient needs to have their head examined by someone other than their own ass.
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IBD Talk are posts featuring the random online writings of director Reid B. Kimball as he talks to others about inflammatory bowel disease and the use of effective, alternative natural treatments for them.
Announcing Film Production Goal
Jan 20th
Like many of you, I am eagerly awaiting when my documentary will be done. I can’t wait until I can share it with the world!
So many of you have given me much needed support in terms of time, money, and information. The real pay off will be when you get to see the finished film!
It’s taken me about two years to develop the film. A huge challenge for me has been figuring how to structure all the interviews and other footage I gathered into a story arc. Neal Miller is a local film producer and he came up with a great story arc for my documentary.
I believe that with this story arc, I have done most of the filming I need and have decided to give myself one more year of development on the film.
It is my goal to have the film finished before the end of 2012!
Here’s hoping I do just that.
It Feels Like Tetris
Jan 13th
Among my video game design colleagues is an Italian word we use often called “fiero”. It describes the sudden rush of happiness we feel when we triumph over adversity.
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GITracked Looking for Testers
Jan 11th
Tracking data about my GI symptoms and overall health is one of the most effective tools in improving my health. Though, half the battle is finding the time and easy to use interface to input the data I want to capture. The other half is analyzing that data to create meaningful insights and practical steps to act on.
Ari Goldsmith, a strong supporter of WANTED: Crohn’s End, developed software to allow you to track your GI symptoms using your cell phone and text messaging (SMS). He is looking for any and all feedback on how to improve his software, called GITracked. Get it? GI tract turned into tracked because you track your data!
Go ahead, test it out and let Ari know what you think of it.
Health Update
Dec 29th
I have been taking Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for a couple weeks. The LDN is showing to be of benefit, but is not a magic bullet. I was able to willingly cheat a lot over Christmas break without any serious draw backs. No diarrhea and my acne did not flare much, I think it’s the LDN.
I was super surprised and happy I was able to eat my mother’s apple pie, pizza, a few bites of a Cannoli, some sort of lemon sugar powdered pound cake-like cookie, and sugar powdered truffles. Typically, if I get diarrhea from eating poorly, it happens within 24hrs, but that didn’t happen this time.
While traveling and getting home Tues Dec. 27th I ate too many amazing Specific Carbohydrate Diet legal “Date Brownies”. I’ve had 2 days of diarrhea, Wed & Thurs (today). But I will stop eating those treats and get back to normal in a day or so.
Help a Musician Friend
Dec 11th
Lauren Bruno is a young woman who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a young girl. After seeing Mike McCready of Pearl Jam perform (has Crohn’s disease), she was inspired to write a song dedicated to the IBD community, called Red Balloon. She was able to collaborate with Mike McCready to produce the song and the two made a music video seen below.
Lauren Bruno has continued her fight with ulcerative colitis and her music career. Tonight needs a little help from us. She entered a contest to win support and funds to help produce her first full album with her band, Les RAV. She needs votes to place in the top 4 in order for her band to receive substantial support in producing more music.
Please, take a second and vote for Les RAV. Tonight is the final night of voting.
The Colbert Report Talks Shit About Fecal Transplants
Dec 9th
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Survey: SCD Didn’t Work for Me
Nov 20th
My name is Reid Kimball, a Crohn’s disease empowered patient and documentary filmmaker who would like to know why the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) does not work for some people.
This is a survey of 10 questions to collect information that can help people learn why SCD doesn’t work for some people.
If the SCD didn’t work to bring your condition(s) into remission, please consider spending just a few minutes to answer the 10 questions below. Your answers will help the SCD community to help others who are struggling with the SCD.
If SCD did work for you, please do not answer these questions.
Thanks for your time and I hope you find health and wellness if you have not yet found it.
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Dean Ornish: “Genes are not your fate.”
Nov 18th
Dean Ornish speaks for three minutes at a TED conference with the important message that your genetics are not your fate. It’s your lifestlye, which can change the expression of your genetics (epigenetics) that determines your fate.
It is a myth within the IBD community that it is a primarily genetic disease and there’s nothing patients can do about it. This myth needs to be wipe out out completely. It is contributing to the needless suffering of many.