Articles — The Crohn's Method with Kate

Practical, lived-experience guidance on living with Crohn's disease, written to support your medical care.

• The question we ask at every appointment — and what we're really listening for
• The heating pad moment that changed our flare days
• Your Crohn's is 'stable' — but is anyone watching your kidneys?
• I kept asking: why didn't we see it coming?
• The one thing my son couldn't do in summer (until this changed)
• My son couldn't eat 'healthy' rice. Here's why white rice won.
• My son spent a year hiding his Crohn's at school. Here's what that cost him.
• My son gave up his morning coffee. Here's what we learned.
• My son has Crohn's. My husband had 3 surgeries. Here's why I started this.
• New DDW data on RINVOQ just changed what I'd ask a GI
• The loneliness nobody warns you about with Crohn's
• Stanford studied fasting for Crohn's. Here's what I actually think.
• The travel packing list I built the hard way
• Breakfast nearly broke us during flares. These 5 foods didn't.
• The first 24 hours of a flare — here's exactly what we do
• The rights my son didn't know he had — and what I tell every Crohn's family now
• What I actually put on my son's plate at July 4th cookouts
• The 4th of July used to fill me with dread. Here's why.
• My son's skin changed before his gut did. Here's what I missed.
• Fourth of July used to terrify us. Here's what changed.
• Your colonoscopy was fine. So why did they order an MRI?
• How do you know your gut is ready for the next rung?
• The first 24 hours of a flare — here's the plan
• My son was afraid of salad for 2 years. Here's what changed.
• Drowning in Crohn's information? You're not alone.
• The fear nobody names when Crohn's enters your family
• Chicken made my son worse. Here's what we ate instead.
• The Saturday kitchen panic — and what I cook now
• My husband almost stopped at week 6. He didn't. Now it's 20+ years.
• Nobody warned me a Crohn's flare could hit hardest after birth
• She went plant-based. Then she couldn't leave the house.
• My son's skin broke out before his gut did. Here's why.
• The gut bacteria discovery that made me rethink everything
• His Crohn's was controlled. He still wouldn't eat.
• Most magnesium makes Crohn's worse. Here's what doesn't.
• Your inflammation is 'fine.' So why are you still in pain?
• The ostomy conversation happens before you're ready. Here's what I wish I'd known.
• The ingredient hiding in your 'safe' foods — and wrecking your gut