marriage – The Great Bowel Movement

Married to Crohn’s Disease Guest Post “If I had the world to give, I’d give to you as long as you live.” -Jerry Garcia Marriage and Crohn's Disease A lot of people ask me what it’s like to be married to someone with Crohn’s disease. Well, I’ve never been married to anyone without Crohn’s disease, so I assume it’s a lot like a normal marriage. My husband, Adam, and I have been married for less than a year. We dated for a while before taking the official plunge, though we pretty much always knew we would end up at the end of the aisle together. He was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease over 20 years ago. Because he was diagnosed so long before we even met, some aspects of his life with Crohn’s disease were already figured out. He already knew what kinds of foods would hurt when he’s in flare. He already knew what his body felt like when a particular medicine stopped working. He already...

Just like we did with our Parenting Perspective, we sat down to chat with two IBD activists about how their marriages work in the face of IBD. This special conversational post compares two perspectives – one spouse who has Crohn’s, with that of a spouse who is a caregiver. You may know Ryan Stevens of The Crohn’s Disease Survival Guide. Ryan is a long time patient of Crohn’s, and is working on his second attempt to swim across Lake Erie for funding and awareness. On the other hand, we have Rebecca Kaplan, blogger at Caring for Crohn’s, who is not a patient, but has seen and cared for IBD first hand. GBM: Tell us about yourself and your spouse. How does IBD affect your family? Were you together when the diagnosis happened, or were you/your partner already diagnosed when you started dating? Rebecca: My husband Dan has Crohn’s Disease. We began dating two months before he was diagnosed in 2007 and have been married...

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Married to Crohn’s Disease

Relationships, Marriage, and IBD