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When Diagnoses Accummulate: Interstitial Cystitis

When Diagnoses Accummulate: Interstitial Cystitis

By Tina Aswani Omprakash, MPH “It feels like IBD of the bladder,” I remember telling my gastroenterologist, my gynecologist and my newfound urologist last summer. I couldn’t sleep at night with the horrors of this new urinary monster plaguing me and bringing me...
When Diagnoses Accumulate – My Endometriosis Journey

When Diagnoses Accumulate – My Endometriosis Journey

Last spring, just when I had thought I had turned a corner and had many of my conditions better controlled, I developed a ton of crippling pelvic pain. Within a couple of days, I started bleeding a lot, which made no sense because I had been on hormones for years...
Pain and Fatigue in IBD: Provider and Patient Perspectives

Pain and Fatigue in IBD: Provider and Patient Perspectives

Raise your hand if you’ve dealt with chronic pain and fatigue living with IBD. Pain and fatigue are two common complaints amongst Crohn’s & ulcerative colitis patients whether disease is active or in remission. And oftentimes, it’s the least...
Pelvic Pain in IBD: An Overlooked Complication

Pelvic Pain in IBD: An Overlooked Complication

By Tina Aswani Omprakash, Medically Reviewed by Jenny Blair, MD Originally Published by Oshi Health, Inc., on August 8th, 2019 A complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that often goes unaddressed and misdiagnosed is chronic pelvic pain (CPP). CPP is often...
My Health Became My Top Priority

My Health Became My Top Priority

**Originally published in Health Central on April 10th, 2019** CHAPTER 1 Crashing Down When I first began having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptoms in 2005, I had just graduated college, started my first job, and I gotten out of a difficult relationship. And...