Barrett Laurie | Gut Instinct: Love, Laughter, & Crohn's | An Interview w/ my Husband Rick | #crohnswarrior @BarrettLaurie | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
This episode (Gut Instinct: Ep. 2) I am joined by my lovely and amazing husband Rick Laurie, or as I affectionately refer to him, Ricky. I wanted to get his perspective on what it is like to live with someone suffering from a chronic illness. From the golden handcuffs of health insurance, to watching your partner struggle while remaining positive and how he deals with anxiety when I'm not able to focus on his needs due to being in flare.
It's easy to forget those we love are in the trenches with us and I wanted to take a minute to have that discussion with him, hoping it might help someone else feel more secure opening up to their partner about chronic illness and the impact it has on the relationship.
Be gentle y'all. He's shy!
In 2020, my life changed forever when I was properly diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I was unprepared for how my life would change and evolve. Back then I couldn't have possibly been ready for the myriad of different ways I would adjust my everyday life to accommodate living with a chronic illness.
From anal fistulas, to flaming diarrhea, to nausea, to extreme weight fluctuations, to malnourishment thanks to vitamin malabsorption, to blood in stool, inflammation, liver disease and everything in between this ride has been wild. A magical drug called Remicade, prescribed by my incredible GI Dr. Deepak, saved my life.
But the road to get the medicine I needed, at the dose and rate I needed it has been a never ending battle. Because health care in America sucks a big toe!
This podcast series will focus on Crohn's disease, but living with a disability more broadly. I will share my story, the ups and downs, as well as the impact of the people in my life through first hand interviews. I will also be inviting on other Crohnies to share their story with the disease and their road to remission. I will also invite on those living with a disability (whether in the IBD family or not) to talk about the unique challenges we face.
I hope you'll join me for these frank discussions about living and thriving with a chronic illness.
#crohns #crohnsdisease #chronicillness
This episode (Gut Instinct: Ep. 2) I am joined by my lovely and amazing husband Rick Laurie, or as I affectionately refer to him, Ricky. I wanted to get his perspective on what it is like to live with someone suffering from a chronic illness. From the golden handcuffs of health insurance, to watching your partner struggle while remaining positive and how he deals with anxiety when I'm not able to focus on his needs due to being in flare.
It's easy to forget those we love are in the trenches with us and I wanted to take a minute to have that discussion with him, hoping it might help someone else feel more secure opening up to their partner about chronic illness and the impact it has on the relationship.
Be gentle y'all. He's shy!
In 2020, my life changed forever when I was properly diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I was unprepared for how my life would change and evolve. Back then I couldn't have possibly been ready for the myriad of different ways I would adjust my everyday life to accommodate living with a chronic illness.
From anal fistulas, to flaming diarrhea, to nausea, to extreme weight fluctuations, to malnourishment thanks to vitamin malabsorption, to blood in stool, inflammation, liver disease and everything in between this ride has been wild. A magical drug called Remicade, prescribed by my incredible GI Dr. Deepak, saved my life.
But the road to get the medicine I needed, at the dose and rate I needed it has been a never ending battle. Because health care in America sucks a big toe!
This podcast series will focus on Crohn's disease, but living with a disability more broadly. I will share my story, the ups and downs, as well as the impact of the people in my life through first hand interviews. I will also be inviting on other Crohnies to share their story with the disease and their road to remission. I will also invite on those living with a disability (whether in the IBD family or not) to talk about the unique challenges we face.
I hope you'll join me for these frank discussions about living and thriving with a chronic illness.
#crohns #crohnsdisease #chronicillness
