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Empowering the Chronically Ill & Disabled to Lead Fuller Lives

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...

Patient Experiences with IBD Surgery

Last winter, my husband and caregiver, Anand, and I recorded a video with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation on what it’s like to have surgery for Crohn’s & ulcerative colitis. We shared my experiences as a patient undergoing colorectal surgery and his...

The Beauty of Ostomates Worldwide

Happy #OstomyOctober, everyone! After doing a piece about things we can do with an ostomy last year, it only seemed appropriate this year to highlight how diverse the population living with all types of ostomies is. Just to backtrack, many of you might be wondering...

My Feature in Suffering the Silence’s Photo Series Campaign

Originally Published in The Mighty on October 2nd, 2019: https://themighty.com/2019/10/suffering-the-silence-chronic-illness-photo-series/ “I was diagnosed 13.5 years ago but I feel like for a long time I kept it quiet. It’s so deeply stigmatized in American culture....

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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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