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Elizabeth Roberts

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posted 12/12/2008, comments (3)

It’s the Not Knowing “Why” that’s Annoying

For me, one of the hardest parts of living with IBD is not knowing what triggers a flare or episode. Over the years of living successfully despite having Ulcerative Colitis I've pretty much accepted the fact that I never really know why my gut "goes off," as I've come to call it. And today, is just such a day. I've been fine, no, perfect, actually... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/01/2008, comment (1)

Preservatives in Meat

Let me start this week's blog by admitting that I love pork - pork chops, pork roast, pork spare ribs, you name it if it's pork I like it. And since I haven't been able to eat beef (without big, bad repercussions) for nearly 10 years, pork helps to put some variety in my mainly chicken and fish diet. But, for the past few months I've been noticing... Read more Chevron

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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posted 08/29/2008, comment (1)

When You Gotta Go, and They Tell You, "No."

So, I drive, two hours, straight, between Roanoke and Charlottesville. And, I'm feeling pretty smug and full of myself (literally), because I didn't stop even once--not to fill up my cute, little, blazing red, Jeep Liberty Sport, or to unfill my little, now bursting, middle aged bladder. I'm proud of myself because, by not stopping, I had... Read more Chevron

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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posted 08/29/2008, comment (1)

When You Gotta Go, and They Tell You, "No."

So, I drive, two hours, straight, between Roanoke and Charlottesville. And, I'm feeling pretty smug and full of myself (literally), because I didn't stop even once--not to fill up my cute, little, blazing red, Jeep Liberty Sport, or to unfill my little, now bursting, middle aged bladder. I'm proud of myself because, by not stopping, I had... Read more Chevron

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (2)

Of Well Intentioned—Yet, Skewed—Advice

One example of well intentioned--yet skewed--advice, is "the coconut macaroon prescription," for common diarrhea AND Crohn's disease, popularized in the nationally syndicated newspaper column, "The Peoples' Pharmacy." Every so often, the column mentions this alleged miracle cure. Several years ago, when my youngest son was... Read more Chevron

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