Welcome to Rewrite Crohn’s
Hi! I’m Jake, and I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in my small intestine in 2023. I am a writer and librarian with an MFA in creative writing, so naturally, after my diagnosis I turned to books to learn more about my “new normal” life and my Crohn’s disease symptoms. I found a ton of great nonfiction books: books to tell you more about the disease, books with diets to try, memoirs about other fellow IBDers (I don’t think that’s a real term, so I’m coining it now.) But, when I looked for fiction featuring IBD in some way, I came up short. I searched for every fiction book I could find with a character who has Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative Colitis and decided to put that list online so others might have a chance to see themselves represented in fiction too. We can rewrite how people with IBD see themselves, and rewrite how others view this disease. The more IBD is featured in fiction the more normal it will be for everyone.
Check out the list of novels with characters who have IBD here!
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IBD in Fiction
Have you ever read, watched, or listened to a story that included a character with Inflammatory Bowel disease? Chances are you haven’t. But, why isn’t there more representation for this disease in works of fiction? For those recently diagnosed…
Latest Posts on the Blog:
IBD and Diet
I recently started seeing a dietitian/nutrition counselor. Like many of us with IBD, I have food sensitivities. If I eat the wrong thing, my digestive system revolts, writhing and spasming, inflating with gas, irritating the wounds inside, and pushing the food through and out as fast as possible. The problem is figuring out which foods…
5 Cozy IBD Romances for Fall
Spooky season is here, but IBD is scary enough without the monsters and ghosts. Instead, here are a few steamy romance novels to cozy up to on a cool fall day.
Finding Support With Crohn’s or Colitis
Being diagnosed with any chronic illness makes you feel separated from the world you were once embedded in. You feel left out of things you used to take for granted. It often leaves you feeling isolated, like nobody understands your new life and the grief of losing your old sense of self. This isolation can…
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