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Elizabeth Roberts

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posted 09/01/2008, comments (0)

Family and Friends & IBD

Like me, my dad has UC. When I was a child I never really knew about his gut problems. I did know that he spent a lot of time in the bathroom. And that he always had a small plastic box filled with little white pills (Lomotil) conveniently tucked into a shirt or pants pocket, and would occasionally pop one of the pills into his mouth. Back in the... Read more Chevron

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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posted 08/30/2008, 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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posted 08/06/2008, comments (0)

5 Things I Wish I Knew When Diagnosed with IBD

When I was finally diagnosed with colitis in 1998 I initially felt happy and relieved. I had lived with bowel symptoms of one sort or another since I was a child. In high school my symptoms became bothersome and I went through a series of GI tests only to be told my ills were most likely caused by stress. In 1998 my symptoms became severe,... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/16/2008, comments (0)

Working through your Feelings about IBD

Ten years ago, when I first became seriously ill but didn't know what was wrong with me I felt that if I could just "find out" what I had then I could do whatever was necessary to cure myself. After a few months of different doctors and different testing the day I'd been waiting for came, I was given a diagnosis of colitis. However, as... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/25/2008, comments (2)

Tips for Coping with Stress & IBD

Even people who don't have IBD will get an upset stomach when stressed or nervous. That whole "butterflies in the stomach," and urgent need to "go" is actually pretty natural and normal. In fact, a gastroenterologist once told me that the gut is the center of the body and the gauge of our emotions. Even people without IBD or IBS, he told me, will... Read more Chevron

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