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How a clinical trial helped this Crohn’s advocate finally reach remission

November 24, 2019

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 Crohn’s treatments on the market, she still wasn’t getting a response. She also had developed fistulas: abnormal connections between organs in the digestive tract, typically between one part of the intestines and another. That’s when her doctor suggested she join a clinical trial… To read more of this story, please visit Antidote’s website: https://www.antidote.me/blog/how-a-clinical-trial-helped-this-crohns-advocate-finally-reach-remission As always, I welcome all your thoughts, comments and feedback! Love hearing from you all! ~~LOVE,…

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The Healio Disruptive Innovator Award: Moving the Needle on IBD Care

November 16, 2019

A few weeks ago on Diwali Day, I won the Healio Disruptive Innovator Award for the Patient Voice category at the American College of Gastroenterology’s conference in San Antonio, Texas! This award is presented to the patient advocate who helps move the needle on GI care most in a particular year and whose voice resonates most with the 200 world-renowned doctors part of Healio Gastroenterology. Even though I wasn’t able to travel to Texas for the award ceremony, I’m deeply honored and humbled to be recognized with such a prestigious award. It has been a very long and arduous journey and being able to advocate and help destigmatize inflammatory bowel…

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Patient Experiences with IBD Surgery

November 9, 2019

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 experiences as my caregiver. The video was released in the last week or so. To view, check out https://youtu.be/InmqegoP-6c. Be sure to check out the entire video as there are other patient experiences included as well! So own your Crohn’s, own your colitis, and educate yourself on all the treatment options available to you and your loved ones! ?✨ ~~Love, Light & Peace Always~~

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

September 4, 2019

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 medication and didn’t take up much of my life. Consequently, I only disclosed my diagnosis to my then boyfriend, best friend, and immediate family. During a bad flare and particularly stressful semester in grad school studying social psychology, that group expanded to include the nucleus of my social circle and some professors. At that point, my disease affected what I was doing but not…

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

August 24, 2019

Everyday Health blogger Tina Aswani Omprakash details her experience on a weekend-long retreat for women living with IBDs.

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Pelvic Pain in IBD: An Overlooked Complication

August 9, 2019

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 defined as pain in the pelvic area that isn’t cyclic and isn’t related to pregnancy and that lasts for three to six months. It may affect from 6% to 25% of reproductive-age women, depending on how it’s defined, as well as men and older women. The condition can arise from a variety of causes. How I’ve Experienced Pelvic Pain So how does CPP apply to us as IBD patients?…

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Summer of Activism: IBD Advocates You Should Follow on Social Media

August 7, 2019

Originally published by Amber Tresca on August 6th, 2019: http://aboutibd.com/2019/08/06/summer-of-activism-ibd-advocates-you-should-follow-on-social-media/ Improving the quality of life for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) takes commitment and focus to understanding the issues affecting patients and caregivers. Real change means engaging with all stakeholders, including physicians, industry, and government, as well as patients and caregivers. A future that includes more effective treatments and compassionate care for those touched by IBD will only happen when those who have the best interests of patients at heart take their seat at the table. There are many activists in the IBD community that are doing this hard work and you can strengthen their achievements by amplifying their…

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According to U.S. Census expert and demographer, William H. Frey, approximately half the U.S. population will be non-Caucasian come 2045.[i] Of the total U.S. population, less than ten percent participate in clinical trials. And the number of racial and ethnic minorities partaking is an even smaller number, approximately five to fifteen percent of those who participate in clinical trials.[ii] As a woman of color living with Crohn’s Disease, I advocate for various marginalized communities (racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, etc.) suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities. To me, the above data on clinical trials isn’t just an important set of numbers. These statistics are crucial for our future and become…

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My Nomination for the WEGO Health Patient Advocacy Awards

July 21, 2019

In the last few weeks, I was nominated for 6 different WEGO Health Awards in honor of my advocacy work for patients who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Patient Leader Hero, Best Advocacy for Another, Best in Show: Blog, Best in Show: Facebook, Best in Show: Twitter and Rookie of the Year. Now many of you might be wondering why I advocate. I advocate because we all deserve representation no matter the color of our skin, shape or size of our bodies, our gender, our sexual orientation or our ability (or lack thereof). ✊? We all deserve representation for our illnesses and disabilities. And our conditions and the way we…

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