{"podcast":{"title":"Colitis Unfiltered","slug":"colitis-unfiltered-7485565","podcast_index_feed_id":7485565,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/talkingsht/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/talkingsht","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/talkingsht/20260130_100159_b2192be1947832e1caa470908493ea75.jpg","author":"Franck Tabouring","episode_count":20,"summary":"With Colitis Unfiltered, I explore the many ways ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and chronic illnesses impact individuals, relationships, work and daily living. We don't talk enough about inflammatory bowel disease. It's time to change that. To raise awareness. To crush stigma. It's time to talk sh*t. Literally. For more stories from the bathroom floor, visit www.colitisunfiltered.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T20:18:52.224113+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colitis-unfiltered-7485565"},"episode":{"title":"Childhood Crohn’s, ostomy and nursing: Leah’s long way back","slug":"childhood-crohn-s-ostomy-and-nursing-leah-s-long-way-back","published_at":"2025-12-18T17:27:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colitis-unfiltered-7485565/childhood-crohn-s-ostomy-and-nursing-leah-s-long-way-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colitis-unfiltered-7485565","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/talkingsht/2389391","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/346910/2389391/talkingsht/2025_12_14_21_52_31_230ddd5c-1861-427f-94bf-85295ad25d1e.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Talking Sh*t podcast, I speak with Leah, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at just nine years old after months of fatigue, weight loss, and bloody diarrhea. What began as a frightening childhood illness quickly became a life shaped by hospital stays, international moves, failed treatments, and major surgeries. Diagnosed during her early school years and living with an ostomy from her teens, Leah reflects on navigating flares, isolation, and body image through adolescence. She talks candidly about undergoing multiple surgeries, adapting to life with an ostomy, and learning to accept a body that often dictated her limits. Now living well and working as a certified ostomy nurse, Leah shares how her experience with Crohn’s shaped her empathy, resilience, and career path. Through her work, she supports patients facing the same fears she once lived with, turning a childhood diagnosis into a source of purpose, perspective, and connection. For more on colitis, IBD and chronic illness, check out colitisunfiltered.com","meta_description":"In this episode of the Talking Sh*t podcast, I speak with Leah, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at just nine years old after months of fatigue, wei…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2638,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colitis-unfiltered-7485565/episodes/childhood-crohn-s-ostomy-and-nursing-leah-s-long-way-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colitis-unfiltered-7485565/childhood-crohn-s-ostomy-and-nursing-leah-s-long-way-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}