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Gutsy : living my best life with Crohn's disease & ulcerative colitis / Heather Fegan.

by Fegan, Heather.

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Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 2023.

616.344092 F295g

Fegan, Heather -- Health.

Journalists -- Canada -- Anecdotes.

Crohn's disease -- Patients -- Biography.

Ulcerative colitis -- Patients -- Biography.

9781774711620 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Living my best life with Crohn's disease & ulcerative colitis

xii, 234 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Heather Fegan is a freelance journalist and writer. She is a graduate of the University of King's College School of Journalism.

"Heather Fegan was fifteen years old when she was tentatively diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. It started with a pain in her side. The dull ache turned into sharp, stabbing pains and wrenching cramps. A few years later, she learned that she actually had another serious form of inflammatory bowel disease -- Crohn's. There is no cure, no known cause, and little public understanding of the pain, chronic suffering, and isolation IBD patients cope with every day of their lives. Canada has among the world's highest IBD incidence rate -- and in Nova Scotia, where Fegan is from, the rate is among the highest in the world. In 'Gutsy' journalist, freelance writer, blogger -- and past president of the Halifax chapter of Crohn's and Colitis Canada -- Heather Fegan weaves her personal experience of living with Crohn's with expert insights from doctors, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and researchers. Honest and optimistic, with a dozen photos from her personal journey, the book brings a fresh new perspective to demystifying inflammatory bowel disease."-- From publisher.

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