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A Wexford man living with Crohn\u2019s disease for more than a decade is speaking openly about the realities of the condition as today marks World IBD Day.<\/p>\n
Enniscorthy native Alex Robinson says he wants to raise awareness of the physical and emotional impact of inflammatory bowel disease, and the importance of understanding and support for those living with it.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Morning Mix, Alex recalled the long and difficult struggle to receive a diagnosis, despite suffering dramatic weight loss and serious symptoms.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone could see that there was something seriously wrong,\u201d he said. \u201cI lost almost 50 kilos in weight. I was half the fella I had been, so for hospitals to say there was nothing wrong, myself and my family could see there was something severely wrong, but we couldn\u2019t get answers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crohn\u2019s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel condition that can affect many parts of the body. Alex explained that during flare-ups, he experiences painful mouth ulcers, swollen joints and swelling around his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more than just the bowels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
After undergoing surgery in 2016 and beginning regular treatment every eight weeks in Dublin, Alex says his quality of life has improved dramatically.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of started to live life and realised there was so much I could do,\u201d he said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t constantly worrying about where the next toilet was.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since then, Alex has completed endurance challenge Hell and Back, travelled extensively and worked in jobs he once believed would not be possible.<\/p>\n
World IBD Day aims to raise awareness of inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn\u2019s disease and ulcerative colitis, and the challenges faced by millions living with the conditions worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Wexford man living with Crohn\u2019s disease for more than a decade is speaking openly about the realities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[78],"tags":[19870,19869,18,135,19,17,19872,3136,19868,5,5485,161271,2451],"class_list":["post-492612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-eire","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-news","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-news","tag-radio","tag-south-east-radio","tag-wexford"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116602099278794437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}