Running for Ostomy Awareness Day gave me an opportunity to reflect on running a marathon after having an ileostomy placed, and how I got into all this endurance stuff when facing down a permanent colostomy prompted me to search for agency on a bicycle.
https://www.gotostepone.com/posts/outrunning-expectations-ostomy-awareness-day #IBDAthlete #WorldOstomyDay #running
I found the 🦠on my run this morning #IBDAthlete #Crohns #runnersofmastodon #running
Ostomy surgery saved my life from an abscess the size of a softball
2 yrs ago w/Crohn’s in remission, I had a colectomy/ileostomy bc yrs of inflammation made my colon too fragile.
I ran a 5k for each of my ostomies bc #OstomiesAreLifesavers
#OstomyAwarenessDay #IBDAthlete
Infusion time again … tomorrow I’ll be running 5k x 2 for #ostomyAwarenessDay - one for each ostomy I’ve had
#crohns #IBDathlete #remicade
Week one recovery: Wound Vac Edition - protein protein protein spin spin protein movie protein.
My blackjack (21st) surgery was straight forward, for once! I’m ready to heal up and get back running. Peloton later this week.
#crohnswarrior #ibdathlete #crohns
Today I beat my previous best time at #WharfToWharf by 5 minutes amongst the 16,000 participants 🎉#SantaCruz #Crohns #IBDAthlete #run
https://strava.app.link/BwdOzmmRBLb
Catch me encouraging my nurses (and other patients!) to run at my infusion today. They have seen me progress from zero to running my first marathon over the last six years (and maybe six surgeries?!)
#remicade #ibdathlete #crohns #ibd #runner
#Marathon- It was a wild day, but I managed to keep my Hitchhiker’s Guide handy and used “Don’t Panic!” as a mantra. End result was about 20m off my goal-4:45:40 and in the top 50% of my newly minted age group. Not bad for a guy without a large intestine
#IBDathlete #RnRSanDiego
Flat Joshua before my first marathon #RnRSanDiego #IBDAthlete #26point2 #ostomate
Hello, San Diego! Who’s ready to run a marathon? This guy. Also, that map is real big
#IBDAthlete #AutoimmuneAthlete #RnRSanDiego #Ostomate #crohns
