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Inspire’s #KeepUsAllSafe COVID-19 Campaign

Inspire’s #KeepUsAllSafe COVID-19 Campaign

Last week, Inspire released a short video we made virtually on why living with Crohn’s Disease and being immunocompromised during COVID-19 is downright terrifying for patients like myself who are chronically and invisibly ill. Please take a moment to watch this...
An Interview with News 12 NJ: How Does Coronavirus Affect YOU?

An Interview with News 12 NJ: How Does Coronavirus Affect YOU?

Earlier today, News 12 NJ journalist Prashanthi Musapet interviewed IBD patient advocate Tina Aswani Omprakash of OwnYourCrohns.com on Instagram LIVE on her experience as an immunocompromised patient living with Crohn’s Disease in the midst of the #COVID19...
Coping with IBD & Stress & Anxiety Around COVID-19

Coping with IBD & Stress & Anxiety Around COVID-19

Last night I had the honor of doing a Facebook Live with Dr. Tiffany Taft (Psychogastroenterology, Northwestern University) and Amber Tresca (About IBD, IBD Moms) in conjunction with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. We discussed all the emotions around...
Colon Cancer & Its Devastating Impact on My Family

Colon Cancer & Its Devastating Impact on My Family

I was 8 years old when I walked into my father’s room in the hospital as he laid there coma-stricken in his final days. I told him I had gotten an A on my Science test, hoping in all my innocence that an A would make him so proud that he would wake up from his...
Disability Awareness in the Midst of Coronavirus

Disability Awareness in the Midst of Coronavirus

The past 3.5 months I’ve spent much of my existence fairly immobile and mostly homebound: 2.5 weeks in an aircast, 8 weeks in a boot and 4 weeks in an ankle brace. Why? Because of a torn ligament in my ankle. And more recently, I’ve been in a neck brace due to a...