A new video is available, and this one is a little different than most I’ve done. In this video I take a step back to ask about questions of faith as they relate to ulcerative colitis. Specifically, does God cause ulcerative colitis, and if not, why doesn’t He heal us? Also, how does having ulcerative colitis affect one’s life of faith? I don’t have many answers to these questions but certainly they are questions many people ask themselves.
Some interesting discussion is already taking place on the YouTube page, so if you want to check it out double click on this video to go there. Or, comment to this post and start a discussion with others reading this site. Everybody’s views are welcome, just try to be respectful and understand that not everybody is at the same place spiritually.
Keep fighting,
~Dennis
Question: How has inflammatory bowel disease affected your relationship with God? Reply to this post!
Hey everybody, I’ve got a new video here for the Translation Project, the two-part video on how to change an ostomy appliance. This video is my second most popular so it’s great that the Spanish-speaking world can now understand it.
Thanks once again to Martin for translating this video.
If you want to get involved with the project, send me an email telling me which languages you are proficient in and we’ll go from there. Upcoming are more videos translated into Catalan, and hopefully German as well.
I also want to welcome any new visitors to the UCVlog from C3Life.com. The first batch of my videos is now rebroadcast on this site, and a personal story overviewing my struggle with ulcerative colitis is also available. For my new visitors I hope you find information on this site that is useful to you! As always, should you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to email me.
To my faithful viewers, the videos on C3Life are ones you’ve seen before, but maybe now is the time to check out C3Life.com for more information about living with an ostomy. They have much more resources and information about ostomies than I do, so if you are at that stage of the journey, I highly recommend this site to you.
The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada has decided that November is Get Gutsy Month. This is an ongoing project by the CCFC to raise awareness about Crohn’s and colitis, and to recognize individuals who have the guts to live in spite of their diseases.
If you’re a Canadian who knows somebody who lives passionately in spite of IBD, consider nominating them for the Gutsiest Canadian Award.
All throughout the month chapters of CCFC are holding education symposia and fundraising events, so there’s no reason not to get involved.
They’ve also produced this video highlighting Canadians with IBD, particularly a young boy and hockey player Fernando Pisani.
How do you avoid thinking about this incurable and debilitating disease? Is it even possible? With flare-ups, medicine, hospital visits, and everything else that comes with having inflammatory bowel disease, it’s hard not to have this disease constantly on your mind.
Many of us have ostomies only temporarily. And many people around the world are in need of supplies. So if you have any extra unused, new, and clean supplies, send them our way!
We are collecting supplies to send to Haiti with a medical team!
Current progress:
1114 bags and flanges
2108 medical supplies
