Nick Norwitz

So what that looks like for people who don't know, sorry if this is a bit graphic, but bloody diarrhea 12 to 20 times a day. Yeah, no fun. No fun whatsoever. And it was a really big shift for me because before that I had no dietary restrictions. I was known as the trash compactor of the family and my friend group. And I loved adventurous eating. It was one of my favorite parts of traveling.

You can catch me eating basically anything.

You can catch me eating basically anything.

You can catch me eating basically anything.

um but i went from that to being able to eat basically nothing that didn't upset my stomach just to kind of give insight to the psychology of or the psychological impact of something like ulcerative colitis you become well i'll say the physical impact is only a tiny fraction the tip of the iceberg of the whole impact because it really causes you to withdraw from life socially psychologically

um but i went from that to being able to eat basically nothing that didn't upset my stomach just to kind of give insight to the psychology of or the psychological impact of something like ulcerative colitis you become well i'll say the physical impact is only a tiny fraction the tip of the iceberg of the whole impact because it really causes you to withdraw from life socially psychologically

um but i went from that to being able to eat basically nothing that didn't upset my stomach just to kind of give insight to the psychology of or the psychological impact of something like ulcerative colitis you become well i'll say the physical impact is only a tiny fraction the tip of the iceberg of the whole impact because it really causes you to withdraw from life socially psychologically

At this point, I'm finishing up college, starting grad school. And as a young man, you'd imagine I would, you know, be going out with my friends, dating, just to kind of give like a quick example. Dating's not really on the table when, you know, if you're going to have a girl over, you might have bloody diarrhea in an instance, not really a...

At this point, I'm finishing up college, starting grad school. And as a young man, you'd imagine I would, you know, be going out with my friends, dating, just to kind of give like a quick example. Dating's not really on the table when, you know, if you're going to have a girl over, you might have bloody diarrhea in an instance, not really a...

At this point, I'm finishing up college, starting grad school. And as a young man, you'd imagine I would, you know, be going out with my friends, dating, just to kind of give like a quick example. Dating's not really on the table when, you know, if you're going to have a girl over, you might have bloody diarrhea in an instance, not really a...

a romantic mood setter so you just let those things drift away and for me it continued to get worse and worse after graduation i went to oxford to do my phd and that's when the hit the fan pardon the pun almost probably literally did i i started having these terrible flares and ending up in and out of the hospital yeah i see you down to like 90 pounds right i'll care at some points i was under 100 pounds i was

a romantic mood setter so you just let those things drift away and for me it continued to get worse and worse after graduation i went to oxford to do my phd and that's when the hit the fan pardon the pun almost probably literally did i i started having these terrible flares and ending up in and out of the hospital yeah i see you down to like 90 pounds right i'll care at some points i was under 100 pounds i was

a romantic mood setter so you just let those things drift away and for me it continued to get worse and worse after graduation i went to oxford to do my phd and that's when the hit the fan pardon the pun almost probably literally did i i started having these terrible flares and ending up in and out of the hospital yeah i see you down to like 90 pounds right i'll care at some points i was under 100 pounds i was

So malnourished, my heart rate was hitting like, you know, getting to the 20s. I had gone in the period of a couple years from, apologies for patting myself on the back, but this was the reality. I was a top performing academic, valedictorian at my college, sub three marathoner, breaking like state pushup records to being so successful.

So malnourished, my heart rate was hitting like, you know, getting to the 20s. I had gone in the period of a couple years from, apologies for patting myself on the back, but this was the reality. I was a top performing academic, valedictorian at my college, sub three marathoner, breaking like state pushup records to being so successful.

So malnourished, my heart rate was hitting like, you know, getting to the 20s. I had gone in the period of a couple years from, apologies for patting myself on the back, but this was the reality. I was a top performing academic, valedictorian at my college, sub three marathoner, breaking like state pushup records to being so successful.

braille that getting up and going to the bathroom costs more energy than running sub three marathons used to. And on top of that, you know, my sub three hour marathon. So that's a pretty good feat. Yeah. I mean, I'm a pretty intense person. Really?

braille that getting up and going to the bathroom costs more energy than running sub three marathons used to. And on top of that, you know, my sub three hour marathon. So that's a pretty good feat. Yeah. I mean, I'm a pretty intense person. Really?

braille that getting up and going to the bathroom costs more energy than running sub three marathons used to. And on top of that, you know, my sub three hour marathon. So that's a pretty good feat. Yeah. I mean, I'm a pretty intense person. Really?

is one of the funny things I did. Yeah, when I get my mind on something, I never stopped 2014 Boston Marathon. This was the year after the terrorist bombings, and I'd always wanted to do the Boston Marathon. So I qualified doing a sub three when I was 17, which actually made me the youngest time qualifier for the 2014 marathon.