“How to Live Before You Die.”
In his 2005 address to the Stanford University graduating class he told them that “death is life’s change agent.” Yesterday, the man who was one of the leaders of the information revolution and...
View ArticleNew Top Family Doc Opportunity for Change
About 23 years ago I was in a canoe on a Muskoka lake with a young family doctor discussing some of the alternative treatments I was undergoing for my Crohn’s disease. He listened attentively and...
View ArticleWorld IBD Day for the week
Its World IBD Day today so since it’s Saturday and every living creature with an appetite is out hunting down new prey, I’m going to celebrate the day for the whole week. I’m biased, of course. I’ve...
View ArticleFather’s Day Special
I’m reminded of the time my father came to visit me in the hospital after my second bowel resection. He entered the room in earlier afternoon, walking at a measured pace with his cane, neatly dressed...
View ArticleMichael Seres – The Man With Olympic Sized Guts
The morning after my first bowel resection over 21 years ago, I was lying in bed still woozy from anesthetic. A troop of white coated doctors entered the room and surrounded my bed. It was my surgical...
View ArticleDisability Horizons – A Dynamic Duo
If you love socialising, travel or adventure; then this is definitely for you! In November 2010, two disabled guys from London, on a roadtrip in California, dreamt up a huge project they wanted to...
View ArticleSuddenly, Cancer is the funniest joke in NYC
So who says you can’t laugh at Cancer? This past week, the audio recording of Tig Notaro’s comedy stand-up routine about her breast cancer diagnosis last summer turned up on Louis CK’s site for a $5...
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