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Shelly Rondeau Heller

Writer, reader, student, mom, traveler, horse-crazy adventurer

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

posted 06/03/2009, comments (2)|

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Hope Trachtenberg-Fifer

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RN, Health Educator & Medical Writer; Mom of 3 Children w / IBD

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FDA issues "stern" safety warnings on Salix brand Visicol and OsmoPrep bowel cleansers

According to Associated Press business writer Matthew Perrone: Federal health officials said today, that they will add the sternest safety warnings available to drugs used before colonoscopies, following reports of kidney damage in several patients. The Food and Drug Administration said it has received more than 20 reports of a serious... Read more Chevron

posted 12/11/2008, comments (2)|

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Student on the Varsity Swim Team. Majoring in Psychology

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The little things

This past week, my UC took a turn for the worse. I was admitted to the hospital on Friday morning, after losing 6 pounds in four days, having bloody diarrhea for over a week (sometimes as frequent as 30 times a day) and getting very little sleep. I literally had to be carried down my stairs by my older brother... It was bad. At the hospital, I... Read more Chevron

posted 12/02/2008, comments (3)|

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Acid Reflux Connection 2008 GERD Awareness Week Contest

November 23rd to November 29th marks GERD Awareness week for 2008. Typically, awareness weeks or months are used as a means to promote increased education about a specific condition or disease. But for so many people who experience GERD in their daily lives, awareness means much, much more than "education." Awareness is awknowledgement of... Read more Chevron

posted 11/24/2008, comments (0)|

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Laura

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Site producer for My IBD Central

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Q&A: How to ease Crohn's-related fatigue

A patient who has Crohn's disease asks Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Picco what can be done to deal with disease-related fatigue. According to Picco, fatigue from Crohn's disease could actually be caused by several factors other than a disease flare, including medication, depression, anemia, and nutritional deficiencies. Picco also... Read more Chevron

posted 10/06/2008, comments (0)|

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