GUEST BLOGGER VIKKI GARRICK IBD NURSE SPECIALIST
Hi everyone So – The Catherine McEwan Foundation emailed me and asked me to do a blog for the website. I, of course immediately agreed because he is an all round good guy and does loads for us and our IBD patients. It then occurred to me that I have never done anything like this…
ERIN STUART’S BLOG
My name is Erin Stuart and I’ve just turned 10 I was diagnosed with Crohns in Sept 2014 age 8 the Crohns was affecting the join at my small and large bowel. I had been unwell for 18 months with terrible pains in my tummy and everyone thought I was getting every bug going. I’d…
ROBBIE’S STORY
My name is Robbie Wilson Trevett, I am 14 years of age. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in July, 2013. In January, 2013, before diagnosis I became very unwell, had no energy, didn’t want to go out with friends or play football anymore, stopped eating and was in a lot of pain and at…
SUPER BUSY JENNY!
The last month has been super busy! I was in London to cheer on my dad, Derek and Dean at the London Marathon which was one of their warm up events for the big Arch2Arc challenge! This was really fun and I am so proud of the 3 of them. Once we got back from…
A WORD FROM OUR YOUNG AMBASSADOR JENNY
Most of you will probably know my history with IBD, I was diagnosed age 4 with Ulcerative Colitis, I was on up to 20 medications a day to try and get it under control but it got to severe and I had to get surgery to remove my large bowel. In some ways I’m quite happy that it all…
DEREK’S STORY
In the first our new Blog features, Catherine McEwan Foundation Founder, Derek McEwan shares his experience growing up with his Mum battling severe Crohn’s. IBD is a battle. It is a battle for the person who suffers every day. It is a battle for the family. It is a battle for the friends. It is…