594. Ask Ali, Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week Edition, Part II
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
"Those were the darkest and hardest days of my life, and the biggest thing that I would do differently is I would ask for help. Instead, I hid, I locked that apartment door, and I wouldn't let anyone see me."
Last week, in honor of Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week, I talked about living with these diseases for the past 30 years. (Listen to that episode here.) Now, I'm wrapping things up by talking about running with Crohn's disease, navigating the emotional and mental sides of this disease (trigger warning here: lots of talk of depression and being in a really low, dark place), and how to support the people in your life living with a chronic illness. Plus, my hotel lobby hack (that rarely works, but I always try!), my fear of trail cams and small-town Facebook groups, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host Alley Feller and this is Ask Alley, Crohn's and Colitis Edition Part |
| 0:12.3 | 2. |
| 0:13.3 | We are picking up where we left off last week where, to kick off Crohn's and Colitis |
| 0:17.8 | Awareness Week, I talked about my Crohn's disease diagnosis and what it's like living |
| 0:21.9 | with a chronic, unpredictable, at times, messy, illness. |
| 0:27.3 | So for the Crohn's 101 and for my history with this disease, make sure you start with |
| 0:31.2 | that episode. |
| 0:32.2 | I think I only cried twice, which is pretty good for me. |
| 0:35.3 | Today, I will be answering listener submitted questions about running with Crohn's disease, |
| 0:39.8 | about the mental and emotional sides of this disease, and about how best to support the |
| 0:44.5 | loved ones in your life who may be affected by Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. |
| 0:49.8 | Sound good? |
| 0:50.8 | Great! |
| 0:51.8 | Let's get into Ask Alley, Crohn's and Colitis Edition. |
| 1:02.5 | Alright, part 1. |
| 1:04.4 | We are talking about running and Crohn's disease. |
| 1:07.5 | Now, not to totally rehash everything we talked about last time, but I was diagnosed with |
| 1:11.6 | Crohn's when I was 7 years old, long before I was a runner. |
| 1:16.2 | I didn't start running until I was in my early 20s, was living in New York City. |
| 1:20.8 | I had three roommates at the time. |
| 1:23.6 | They saw first hand me prepping for a colonoscopy, so we bonded early on, me and some total strangers |
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