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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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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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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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I have ulcerative colitis (pan colitis)

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posted 01/01/2009, comments (16)

Discouraged

Hi, I hope it's okay if I do a little venting here! I've really been struggling lately with my IBD and I don't know where to turn. Since Monday I've been woken up most every morning with extremely intense joint pain in my knees and sometimes ankles and wrists (it jumps around). I'm pretty sure that it's arthritis...but it's sharp pain that's... Read more Chevron

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