Patient-Driven Research. What!?

If you’re like me, when you think about research, you think of doctors and scientists that are higher up in the hierarchy of life who come up with the areas of research, conduct the studies and then come back and inform us of the results. Very disconnected. Oftentimes I feel like an outsider looking in. At least there’s research…

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How to Survive Your First Flare

Hello friends and thank you for visiting colitisninja.org. I want to welcome seasoned IBD Ninjas to keep reading, if you’d like, but this post is geared toward those who are going through their first flareup. First, it is absolutely vital for you to realize that you are not alone. Nearly 1.6 million Americans live with an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Living…

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5 Reasons I’m Thankful for My Disease

As anyone living with a chronic illness knows, life is no easy feat. Life is not ideal. Life is hard. Life is painful. Even menial tasks become extremely taxing. Going about our lives attempting to be normal is, more often than not, excruciating. I could go on and on boring you with details of how miserable life with an…

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