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World IBD Day 2018: IBD Beyond Borders
Every year May 19th is World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) day, which is a day where people from all over the world affected someway by IBD, come together to share our stories and raise awareness for the disease. This year the theme is “IBD Beyond Borders” which I think is a great theme that not…
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World IBD Day 2017: Why I am thankful for my IBD
Every year May 19th is World (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) day, a day to recognize and raise awareness for Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and Indeterminate Colitis which are all inflammatory bowel diseases. For the more than 1.6 million Americans and over 5 million worldwide, every day is world IBD day. Every day we wake up and…
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2016: A year in review.
I can’t believe that 2016 is over. This year has had a lot of ups and downs in regards to my health, schooling, and personal life. It has been one of those years that I try to grow from and instead of thinking about how bad it has been I like to think of the…
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Surgery and Blog Update.
IBD Family, I just wanted to write a post letting you know that this coming Monday (July 11th) I will be undergoing surgery. Most people know that I have had both hips totally replaced due to Avascular Necrosis from prednisone use for Crohn’s. Back in March I dislocated my hip and had to have my…
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Let’s Get Real.
I have been diagnosed with Crohn’s going on 7 years now and I have had a long time to come to terms with the disease. I understand it is a lifelong disease that has no cure, I get that there are good days and bad days but sometimes it still gets to me. Like recently.…
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The Gut Microbiome- The Basics
It seems like almost every day I come across some type of article, whether it is on the news or a new research paper talking about the gut microbiome. It is a huge topic in the scientific community and being heavily researched—and for good reason. Even with all of the new research and articles being…
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Ken Baumann Interview
I recently was able to do an Interview with Actor Ken Baumann. For those of you who do not know who he is he is an actor best known for playing Ben on the hit TV show “The Secret Life Of the American Teenager.” Ken was diagnosed with Crohn’s in 2012 and had to have…