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Shelly Rondeau Heller

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posted 06/03/2009, comment (1)

Some Say We Created Our Illness

I live in Boulder, Colorado, one of the most health-centric places in the world. So when I got sick with ulcerative colitis in 2000, I felt like some kind of failure. I was a wife, a mom, and in the middle of my main earning years. It was a terrible time to be sick. I spent a lot of time thinking, "What did I do to create this?" In... Read more Chevron

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Jennifer Rackley

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posted 05/28/2009, comments (0)

Technology helping IBD sufferers

I have to tell you, I am not up on all of the new fangled technology. Call me crazy but my classic cell phone with the standard applications is about all I really need to get by. So when the news of iphone applications with the potential of helping Crohn's patients popped into my e-mail inbox I was a little curious. How can using a... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/21/2009, comment (1)

The Healing Journey

Greetings to the HealthCentral community! It's spring, 2009, exactly eight years after the final of my three surgeries for ulcerative colitis. In numerology terms, nine years is a full cycle. So perhaps it is fitting that as I enter this final year of the cycle, I am joining HealthCentral's IBD team as a blogger. I have the dubious... Read more Chevron

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Elizabeth Roberts

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posted 05/18/2009, comments (2)

I Have IBD, My Husband Doesn’t

It may seem like a funny title, but this week I’m going to talk about how IBD has affected my relationship with my husband. I guess this is in my mind because we’re about to embark on a two-week road trip, and it just shows how far we’ve both come in learning to live with my gut. When I met my husband 19 years ago IBD was... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/16/2009, comments (0)

iPhone Application for Crohn's and Colitis

After a recent flare up of my Crohn’s, I was inspired to develop an iPhone application to help IBD patients easily track their symptoms and report them back to doctors. The application is called GI Monitor and it is in iTunes now. www.wellapps.com I hope this application helps you. It has helped me. :) ... Read more Chevron

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