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The Value of Awareness & Advocacy During the Holidays

The holiday season is a wonderful time to celebrate all the blessings in our lives. It is a time to reflect on a year that has passed and our resolutions for the upcoming new year. But it is also a time that can be difficult for many of us with chronic illnesses, such...

6 Myths About IBD in Minority Patients, Busted

Here are the most common misconceptions surrounding Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis in minority populations. By Brianna Majsiak Last week, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation brought patients and advocates together to bring attention to the need for diversity...

3 Patient Tips for Living & Thriving with Crohn’s or Colitis

On November 28th, 2018, in advance of Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week, Everyday Health interviewed patient advocates, Will Lanier (The Out Foundation), Tina Aswani Omprakash (Own Your Crohn’s) and Gaylyn Henderson (Gutless & Glamorous), on three...

Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week: Minorities, Mental Health & IBD

This IBD Awareness Week, the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation shared a video of me discussing one aspect of being South Asian: maintaining privacy. Privacy is a major concern when it comes to South Asian Americans sharing their personal IBD journeys. There is a...

Caregivers: The Greatest Blessing of All

As we wrap up Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week, I reflect on the greatest blessing of all in my IBD journey: my caregivers, my dear mother and husband. From the constant rides into the city for doctors’ visits to packing wounds and changing PICC line dressings...

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What IBD Awareness Means to a South Asian American Woman with Crohn’s

Jun 17, 2020

By Tina Aswani Omprakash Originally published in IBD Relief on May 18th, 2020: https://www.ibdrelief.com/ibd-stories/my-ibd-story-tina-aswani-omprakash I remember waking up from a surgery to repair a rectovaginal fistula in late 2011 and being yelled at by an elderly...

What I Learned From Joining a Clinical Trial for Crohn’s

Jun 13, 2020

By Tina Aswani Omprakash, Medically reviewed by Jenny Blair, MD Originally published on the Oshi Health website on April 6th, 2020: http://www.oshihealth.com/joining-clinical-trial/ My journey with Crohn’s disease has been an arduous one, laden with difficult...

Talking Gut Podcast Episode 20: Tina Aswani Omprakash on Resilience & GRITT

May 30, 2020

As May, a month of several health initiatives, comes to a close, I wanted to highlight Mental Health Awareness Month, World IBD Day and World Digestive Disease Day by talking about all three in my latest podcast interview with Dr. Jim Kantidakis, Clinical Psychologist...

Healthline’s Best Crohn’s Disease Blogs of 2020

May 24, 2020

Originally published by the Healthline Editorial Team on May 12th, 2020: https://www.healthline.com/health/crohns-disease/best-blogs#1 Researchers may not understand every aspect of Crohn’s disease, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to effectively manage...

World IBD Day Panel Discussion: Experiences of Minority IBD Patients & Caregivers

May 23, 2020

By Anand Omprakash For World IBD Day, I was invited to be a part of a virtual panel discussion with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Dr. Meena Bewtra (IBD patient & gastroenterologist) and Stephanie Stinson (IBD patient) highlighting the unique struggles that...

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