Own Your Crohn’s

Empowering the Chronically Ill & Disabled to Lead Fuller Lives

My Very Own Independence Day

My Very Own Independence Day

           Today, Independence Day 2018, marks 10 years since my colon and rectum were removed in emergency. I was 24 years old, 85 lbs, being fed by a PICC line and the hair on my head was greying from malnutrition. I was dying from IBD my doctors warned me as they...
The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

Does nail-biting anxiety wash over you as you await results after a colonoscopy, MRI, or CT scan? Or restlessness while waiting for your latest round of biologics to start kicking in? Yeah, me too. I sit here today twiddling my thumbs endlessly as I await my...
MC Capital T Reppin’ from the BK Walk!

MC Capital T Reppin’ from the BK Walk!

Thanks to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation for the opportunity to serve my fellow IBDers by sharing my experiences as well as introducing past and present Honored Heroes at the Brooklyn Take Steps Walk. Hats off to all of you for being brave enough to share...
12 News to Your Health IBD Segment

12 News to Your Health IBD Segment

My TV debut with News 12 NJ! I discuss having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ostomy surgery alongside Rosemarie Golombos, Executive Director of the NJ Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Thank you, Prashanthi Musapet, for the special segment and...
Honoring My Late Father

Honoring My Late Father

(Daddy at his Doctoral Commencement at Columbia University in the ’70s.)This Father’s Day I honor all fathers. I especially honor my father who devoted his life to the sciences and to his family. He toiled endlessly until the very last minute working until...