Bowel Moments - Meet Nicole and Luke

Podcast: Bowel Moments
Episode: Meet Nicole and Luke

About the podcast:
"Real talk about the realities of IBD...On the rocks! Hosts Robin and Alicia interview people living with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or indeterminate colitis (collectively knows as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases or IBD) and the medical providers who care for our community."

About the episode
"This week we spoke to Nicole and Luke Pavlin! Nicole is living with Crohn's disease and Luke is her husband and care partner. We talked about the process for her to get diagnosed and the unusual birth defect she has that complicated her case. We talked about her ongoing struggles with food anxiety and medical trauma and how the GRITT- IBD program and staff have helped her cope. We talked to her about how her Dietitian and her mental health team have worked together to help her. We talked about her participation in a couple of research studies being put on by Mount Sinai including one with wearable devices.  Nicole talked about why participating in these types of studies was especially important to her as a science educator and to help her feel like she was helping others. We also talked about her volunteer role with the nonprofit Nutrition Therapy for IBD."