What Are People Going to Think?
About IBD9 Apr 2019

What Are People Going to Think?

People who live with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis experience stigma because of their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The taboo topic of bowel disease can permeate all aspects of a person's life, especially when there are cultural influences also at play.Tina Aswani Omprakash, who lives with Crohn's disease and a permanent ileostomy, shares her story of personal empowerment and how she is working to help other people with IBD live their lives with confidence. Tina describes how IBD has profoundly affected her family as well as why she decided to become an outspoken advocate for the IBD and ostomy communities and start her blog, Own Your Crohn's.

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Additional sound engineering courtesy Mac Cooney, https://www.facebook.com/michaelandrewcooney/
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