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How Ostomy Surgery Impacted My Life

How Ostomy Surgery Impacted My Life

How ostomy surgery gave Tina Aswani-Omprakash her life back and the impact these surgeries can have in IBD treatment. Originally published on IBD Social Circle’s Blog It is estimated that approximately three-quarters of Crohn’s disease patients and a third of...
Managing Crohn’s Disease and Going Back to School

Managing Crohn’s Disease and Going Back to School

In the summer of 2023, I graduated from Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine with a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. In 2018 and 2019, as I was considering supplementing my patient advocacy work with a formal education in health, it was daunting to think how I...
My Real World Experience with Intestinal Ultrasound

My Real World Experience with Intestinal Ultrasound

Last week, I had my first intestinal ultrasound (IUS). I had been very nervous the last month getting ready to go in for IUS as I’ve been having weird gut symptoms the last few months. My ileoscopy has been scheduled for 3 months out, so my doctor and I decided...