Living With Ulcerative Colitis: What Helped After 15 Years | Chloe Melas

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry · Oct 29, 2026 · 34m · transcript

Chloe Melas, an NBC News correspondent living with ulcerative colitis for 15 years, was 25 when she first saw blood on the toilet paper. She thought it was a hemorrhoid and ignored it. It took a second gastroenterologist and a full colonoscopy to name it. If you are hiding ulcerative colitis symptoms behind a face that looks fine, this one is for you.

I asked Chloe why nobody asked what she was eating, what fiber and sleep have changed for her, why she believes rest kept her in remission for years, and why she says blood in your stool means seeing a gastroenterologist.

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