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Archive for December, 2008

Travelling with Crohn’s

Monday, December 29th, 2008

At this time of year people travel far and wide to visit friends and families and although Crohn’s Disease is a difficult disorder, you should not keep yourself from living the best life possible because you suffer from this disorder. You should continue in your life as you would without Crohn’s, although a few more precautions may be necessary when traveling, this will ensure a smooth and enjoyable trip.

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Learning about PKU – One boyfriends odyssey!

Monday, December 1st, 2008

My partner has PKU and is showed my a few of the blogs on this site and, knowing I’m a bit of serial blogger, ask me to do something for this site so I’ve written a blog about living with someone with PKU as I’ve read a few by people with PKU and want to put across the other side of it.As you may have guessed, I am non PKU, in fact had no idea of what PKU was until I met Jill.

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