People Who Have Been Through IBD

Lockman

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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