JoshuaOct 14, 2024

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

Outrunning Expectations: Ostomy Awareness Day | Step One

My muscles were on fire and my heart was beating in my head as I rang the bell, cresting the brutal mile-and-a-half climb up Highway 167 at mile 21 of the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. For four miles I had been dealing with wild heart rate swings from having too high a ratio of water to salt ...

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JoshuaOct 12, 2024

I found the 🦭 on my run this morning #IBDAthlete #Crohns #runnersofmastodon #running

https://strava.app.link/QwomxPzFDNb

JoshuaOct 5, 2024

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

JoshuaOct 4, 2024
Infusion time again … tomorrow I’ll be running 5k x 2 for #ostomyAwarenessDay - one for each ostomy I’ve had
#crohns #IBDathlete #remicade
JoshuaAug 20, 2024

Week one recovery: Wound Vac Edition - protein protein protein spin spin protein movie protein.

https://www.gotostepone.com/posts/surgery-recovery-week-1

#ibdathlete #crohnsdisease #surgeryrecovery

Surgery Recovery - Week 1 | Step One

The first week of my recovery from a procedure to repair a defect from my previous surgery has gone pretty well. The wound vac is doing its job and healing is certainly moving fast, but it is weird to live with a fish tank pump attached to your belly. I talk a lot about the importance of gettin...

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JoshuaAug 13, 2024
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
JoshuaJul 28, 2024
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
JoshuaJun 18, 2024
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
JoshuaJun 3, 2024
#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
JoshuaJun 2, 2024
Flat Joshua before my first marathon #RnRSanDiego #IBDAthlete #26point2 #ostomate