I have been asked many times why I am an advocate or why I spend my free time and money on raising awareness for IBD. I have a long winded, drawn out answer for this question and depending on my audience it can be really inspiring and technical, or loaded with swear words and jokes. [...]

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Something that I don’t know enough about is FAP. So many IBDers and people with FAP cross paths due to ostomies, but I never actually learned about FAP. So….here is some info on FAP. Currently looking for someone to do a guest post on their experiences with FAP.

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A Donation. I heard that from a homeless guy in downtown Detroit once. I thought it was clever. Clever enough for a buck. I was asked recently if I take donations for my site. I didn’t…but not because I’m against money but because I never thought about it. So I set up a donations button [...]

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