About IBD

A diagnosis of IBD can take away the thing that you feel defines you as a person. This is how it felt for Megan Starshak of The Great Bowel Movement, who describes how her ulcerative colitis diagnosis...

28 Jan 201924min

The internet runs on advertising, which means that editors and writers are often tasked with getting the most possible eyeballs on their story. That can mean that there's pressure to write a controver...

15 Jan 201930min

I wanted to let you know what's happening in the About IBD world and how you can stay in touch and keep up with all the great progress that's happening! Find IBD Moms at: Facebook: https://www.face...

4 Des 20185min

Why is it important to tell our stories? Every person who has IBD is unique and so is their disease journey. You might not think your experience is relevant to others living with IBD or another chroni...

27 Nov 201828min

What are your traditions around Thanksgiving? What we eat and how we celebrate Thanksgiving depends on where we live, our ethnicity, and our family traditions. What matters is coming together and reme...

20 Nov 201830min

Dating can be challenging for anyone at any stage in life, but having IBD and/or other chronic conditions adds another level of difficulty that can be disconcerting. Angela Cohen was diagnosed with Cr...

13 Nov 201841min

Even when you're knowledgeable about IBD, it can still sneak up on you and skew your perception of how much control the disease has over your life. Angelica Catalano, Director of Media Partnerships at...

6 Nov 201841min

What have you done when you couldn't get anyone to take the symptoms of IBD seriously and you found yourself out of options? For Meredith, the road to a Crohn's disease diagnosis was long and so frust...

30 Okt 201845min