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Empowering the Chronically Ill & Disabled to Lead Fuller Lives

Sophia’s Chronic Illness Journey: Forced Switching to Biosimilars in Canada

By Sophia Ali Khan From Diagnosis to Remission I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease at the tender age of seven in Calgary, Alberta in Canada. This was after I was born with congenital neutropenia, a condition that involves the deficiency of neutrophils, a type of...

“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:...

The Other Side of Crohn’s: Caregiving

By Anand Omprakash Originally published by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation on December 3rd, 2019: https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/anands-story “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A...

How a clinical trial helped this Crohn’s advocate finally reach remission

Originally published on November 22, 2019 on Antidote’s website Like many people living with Crohn’s disease, Tina Aswani Omprakash had trouble finding a treatment that would send her symptoms into remission. After trying many of the common...

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...

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Inspire’s #KeepUsAllSafe COVID-19 Campaign

Apr 12, 2020

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 video...

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

Apr 6, 2020

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 pandemic....

Coping with IBD & Stress & Anxiety Around COVID-19

Apr 1, 2020

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 COVID-19...

Colon Cancer & Its Devastating Impact on My Family

Mar 19, 2020

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 coma....

Disability Awareness in the Midst of Coronavirus

Mar 12, 2020

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...

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