http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/feeds/its-funny-insides?key=its-funny-insides Healthline Health Blogger Ben Morrison - It's Funny on the Insides en-us Copyright (c) 2013 Healthline, All rights reserved. en-us Copyright (c) 2013 Healthline, All rights reserved. http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/burning-ben-crohns-desert Burning Man seemed like the worst possible place for a Crohn’s patient to be, even the name sounded like what my rear end feels like after a bad meal. One of the longest-running arts and music festivals in the country, Burning Man is also o... Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/burning-ben-crohns-desert Ben Morrison 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/commander-bowel-race-against-time Hammerton Hall certainly was old. Once housing Hammerton Junior High’s most promising theatrical endeavors, Hammerton Hall was now mainly used for the detention Maxwell now sat at. Tapping his pen rhythmically against his desk admiring the drap... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/commander-bowel-race-against-time Ben Morrison 2012-10-08T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/commander-bowel-hero-rises The last couple of months had not been easy for Maxwell. A seemingly never-ending series of doctors and tests had left him with morememories he would like to forget than answers he could use. After the near-miss at school, he had run home... Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/commander-bowel-hero-rises Ben Morrison 2012-08-29T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/meet-crohn-s-new-superhero-commander-bowel Maxwell did not know there was a superhero living within him, but as all superhero stories go, no one ever knows. Three months before last, Maxwell had eaten a slice of red velvet cake and quite by accident pooed all over his living room fl... Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/meet-crohn-s-new-superhero-commander-bowel Ben Morrison 2012-08-13T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/when-life-gets-tough-crohn-s-gets-tougher There are many unfair things about having Crohn's but the most unfair is its uncanny sense of timing. Like a stalker that only hops out of the bushes until after you've tripped, Crohn’s knows when things are bad, and then makes them worse. A... Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/when-life-gets-tough-crohn-s-gets-tougher Ben Morrison 2012-08-06T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/canine-envy I'm dog-sitting my girlfriends two dogs and I'm jealous of how well they poo. Axl is a young Yorkie and Bella is an old Chihuahua. Both have a healthy digestive system, which is regularly exercised on my rug. I'd be angrier with them when it h... Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/canine-envy Ben Morrison 2012-07-18T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/thing-behind-my-back-door We both knew it was coming. I had made an emergency "day of" appointment with my GP to get the stinging bulge in my rectum looked at, and having finished describing it, it was time to show it to my doctor. With a disturbing nonchalance I dropp... Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/thing-behind-my-back-door Ben Morrison 2012-06-27T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/ben-morrison-s-guide-poo-episode-1 The Milkshake Liquid and frothy, the Milkshake is usually spewed after a gluttonous night where warring culinary factions drunkenly dance together like the cast of West Side Story. Ejected from the rectum like a chocolate fire-hose, the Milk... Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/ben-morrison-s-guide-poo-episode-1 Ben Morrison 2012-06-19T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/crohn-s-vantage While having an incurable intestinal disease is tragic, there are many benefits that are often overlooked. Amidst the pain and shame of near constant diarrhea there is a silver lining that people miss as they scrape the brown lining off of... Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/crohn-s-vantage Ben Morrison 2012-06-11T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/i-m-flare-n I will admit I haven’t been here in awhile.For years, I’ve ridden a monorail of good-luck-Crohn’s. I’ve lived like I never had the disease. I ate, drank, and did whatever the hell I wanted because while I knew it was there, it never seemed to h... Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/i-m-flare-n Ben Morrison 2012-05-25T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/handshake-with-jack-mates I wouldn't have done it if I didn't mean it. Two weeks ago, I was in Las Vegas playing a comedy club for the weekend. While I'm not the biggest fan of Vegas, my grandfather lives there and I am the biggest fan of him. My grandmother died this J... Wed, 09 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/handshake-with-jack-mates Ben Morrison 2012-05-09T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/pillquarium As far as Crohn’s medications go, I’ve been on almost all of them. When I was diagnosed I went on the usual pile of prednisone, puffing my face out like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Crohn. Soon after that I was put on Pentasa, which I’m still ... Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/pillquarium Ben Morrison 2012-05-01T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/your-personal-bathroom Ah, my bathroom, bastion of dreams and decisions and ground zero for most Crohn’s patients. As this particular room is second only to my bedroom for importance and relative time spent in it, I have developed some tricks and techniques for keepi... Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/your-personal-bathroom Ben Morrison 2012-04-25T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/someone-elses-bathroom Ah, the bathroom: vault of secrets and strategy for the Crohn’s patient. As the bulk of the nastiness inherent in our disease happens in this sexy little room, I’d like to share my tips and trick for dealing with the warfare we must unleash on ... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/someone-elses-bathroom Ben Morrison 2012-04-16T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/all-in-the-family People often ask me how I relate so easily to Crohn’s and the real answer is that Crohn’s is only one of a number of ailments I relate to. I have chats with frazzled nerves, listen to a deaf ear that never stops ringing, and take memos from ... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/all-in-the-family Ben Morrison 2012-04-09T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/date So there I was, standing in the bathroom of a cheap Thai restaurant in East Hollywood. The date was going well, I had taken some chick out for a meal and was feeling pretty good about my chances. She was laughing at my jokes, giving me flirtati... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/date Ben Morrison 2012-04-02T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/crohns-my-personal-kill-switch I have a roommate in my tummy that doesn’t like it when I party. This roommate lets me get away with more than I deserve, but it needs sleep, and when it’s time, will turn out the lights. My Crohn’s is my kill switch. And that’s a good thing. ... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/crohns-my-personal-kill-switch Ben Morrison 2012-03-26T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/sympathy-hulk Sometimes I have to push when I go to the bathroom. Like really push. Like push so hard my eyes bulge out of my sockets and all the blood rushes to my face making me look something like the Incredible Hulk on the can. In fact my cousin and I co... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/sympathy-hulk Ben Morrison 2012-03-19T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/welcome-its-funny-insides Hello Crohn’s friends. My name is Ben Morrison and I have a weird butt. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 1997 during my senior year of high-school and guess what? I still have it. You probably have it too, which means you’re also awesome. ... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/its-funny-insides/welcome-its-funny-insides Ben Morrison 2012-03-08T08:00:00Z