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IBD, masculinity and shame: Jack’s road to speaking out
🎙 In episode 25 of the Colitis Unfiltered podcast, I speak with Jack, who first started experiencing blood in his stool at just 14 years old. Misdiagnosed two years later, it would take years of pain and symptoms before a colonoscopy finally revealed the truth: Jack was living with ulcerative colitis.
🤐 Jack and I talk about spending years hiding his IBD, pushing through painful flares at work, and feeling deeply embarrassed about a disease he struggled to even admit he had. After an 18-month flare brought bleeding, accidents, exhaustion and worsening mental health, he began fighting harder…
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