Over Thanksgiving weekend, I had the pleasure to do a video interview about Crohn's, Colitis, and Crohnology with Vic Phillips of BehaveYourHealth. BehaveYourHealth is a new website started by Vic Phillips where he posts interviews with founders building startups in the health space. As you may know, I was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 12 and that has been my inspiration for building Crohnology for patients around the globe.

In the video above, I talked in depth with Vic about Crohn's & Colitis (collectively Inflammatory Bowel Disease) and how the nearly 1.5 million people who live with these conditions manage their health. 

In the interview, I describe to Vic my self-experiment with Pig Whipworm and show him the year of symptom data that I tracked through Crohnology.com to evaluate the effect of inoculating myself with these parasites as treatment for my Crohn's.

We talked a lot about how the standard 5-10 minute doctor visit doesn't allow adequate time for your doctor to fully understand your condition or help you live with the complexities of the disease. People with IBD need to take charge of their own health if they are to successfully manage their health in our current medical system. You have to become an empowered-patient. There is no other option.

Thanks so much to Vic for providing me with this opportunity!