Inflammatory Bowel Disease - All People Who Are Living In "United States"

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Elizabeth Roberts

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posted 10/29/2009, comments (2)

What is an Elimination Diet?

An Elimination diet (ED) can be very beneficial to people who are have gastrointestinal (GI) problems. Elimination diets are helpful whether or not you have a firm diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), or a possible food allergy, like Celiac disease. The main purpose of an Elimination diet is to... Read more Chevron

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Lockman

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posted 06/08/2009, comments (3)

Educate Yourself about your Condition

Let's face it... nobody enjoys having IBD. It hit me like a brick wall. I found I had to plan my whole day around where the closest bathroom was. When a Gastroenterologist told me what I had, that I had the genetic marker for it & would have it for the rest of my life, I couldn't believe this was happening. But I took... Read more Chevron

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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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every day for me it either direha or cinstpation w/ BAD pain/fain

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posted 02/21/2009, comments (22)

chronic severe pain

does any one every faint whil on the toilet and have you ever been having a day where you have had direha so bad that you feel hot on the inside and cold sweating on the out side. i often feel like i am going to die . for the past 5 days my neck is stiff jaw hurts and my abdomen hurt so bad er room dont take me seriousy and i have a... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/08/2009, comments (2)

H.R. 7078 - Nothing's Happening!

With the recent/upcoming changes in power in our House of Representatives, I suppose we should expect things to fall through the cracks. This is to encourage everyone to crank up the interest again in the bill introduced last September to increase awareness of autoimmunity. H.R. 7078 is showing NO activity since early in... Read more Chevron

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