Top 10 Reasons to Attend an IBD Support Group Meeting

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• Oasis

  By: Andrew Tubesing, MS
  Feb 28, 2012

  o·a·sis: something that provides refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast Imagine a child afflicted by a gut-wrenching disease. Terrible pain, urgent restroom use, and lots and lots of diarrhea. Bloody diarrhea. Fearsome surgeries, troublesom...

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• Seat Sock: Tidy Toilet Technology

  By: Andrew Tubesing, MS
  Feb 16, 2012

  Courtesy of CleanSeats.com I was recently visiting a local casino with my sister-in-law when she discovered something I’d never heard of. After a post-bingo potty break, she came out of the restroom seeming very excited, asking if I’d exp...

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• I Have What?

  By: Andrew Tubesing, MS
  Jan 26, 2012

  Your first three words. The next two, in response, are always puzzling regardless of which pair you get, “Ulcerative colitis” or “Crohn’s disease.” You talk, you wonder, you worry, you try to understand. You ask a lot of questions but the a...

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• Wonder Wipes: Instant Washcloths

  By: Andrew Tubesing, MS
  Jan 24, 2012

  Instant washcloths can be an indispensable tool for IBD patients, or anyone with digestive distress. There have many other uses as well. The basic concept is a small disposable towel, hyper-compressed into a little pill shape which pops to life...

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