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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...

~OYC Trailblazers~ Mollie’s Story: Living la Vida Latina with Ulcerative Colitis & an Ostomy

By Mollie Tinnin My journey with chronic illness began my senior year of high school after a violent assault left me hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. At the time, I received eight units of blood and during the treatment of the injuries I had sustained, the...

~OYC TRAILBLAZERS~ Katie’s Story: Baby-Making Prospects & Egg-Freezing with a J-Pouch

A Nursing Student Tells OYC Her J-Pouch Story and How That Led to Her Courageous Decision to Freeze Her Eggs to Someday Have Children. By Katie Gene Friedman When I was first diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in my senior year of college, my colitis responded to...

Weekend Long IBD Retreat Helped Me to Own My Crohn’s

Everyday Health blogger Tina Aswani Omprakash details her experience on a weekend-long retreat for women living with IBDs. By Tina Aswani Omprakash Originally published by Everyday Health on August 23rd, 2019:...

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...

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My Feature in The New York Times!

Jun 22, 2022

In conjunction with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's new We Can't Wait App, nonprofit partner South Asian IBD Alliance's Co-Founder & President Tina Aswani-Omprakash was interviewed and featured in the Metropolitan section of the Sunday's edition of The New...

Research Highlights from Digestive Disease Week 2022 for the IBD Community

Jun 8, 2022

Originally Published by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation on their IBDVisible Blog on June 8th, 2022 By: Madhura Balasubramaniam & Tina Aswani-Omprakash After two years of virtual programming due to COVID-19, Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2022 came...

When Diagnoses Accumulate: My Sjögren’s Story

Apr 13, 2022

April marks Sjögren’s Syndrome Awareness Month, so I thought it was high time I shared my Sjögren’s diagnosis journey now that I’m finally getting answers and treatment to deal with a condition that has been plaguing me for years. It all started in November after my...

Dropping Mask Mandates: A Time of Anxiety or Joy?

Mar 15, 2022

Last week I went back to school in-person for the first time in 2 years. There was a part of me that was excited, yes, but the other part of me was nervous as all heck. Meeting professors and students I had gotten to know virtually over the semesters felt like there...

Key Takeaways from IBD Insider 2022: Patient Updates from the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress®

Feb 16, 2022

Originally Published by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation on their IBDVisible Blog on February 14th, 2022 By: Tina Aswani Omprakash The third annual IBD Insider was, as always, a great culmination of the events from the 2022 Crohn’s & Colitis...

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