Own Your Crohn’s

Empowering the Chronically Ill & Disabled to Lead Fuller Lives

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...
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...
“I Had an Ostomy—and It Changed My Life”

“I Had an Ostomy—and It Changed My Life”

For these people living with Crohn’s disease, ostomy surgery made everything from the ordinary to the extraordinary possible. By Jennifer Rainey Marquez Excerpt taken from HealthCentral. Article originally published in HealthCentral on November 27th, 2019:...
Ostomy Awareness Day: Empowering Ostomates to Live Fuller Lives

Ostomy Awareness Day: Empowering Ostomates to Live Fuller Lives

Last month, Amber Wallace Ogle of Ostomy Diaries & I got together with Hollister, Inc. (a major ostomy manufacturer) to bring our audiences a discussion on how to lead a fuller life with an ostomy. Our aim was to engage viewers from around the world who may be...