Everything you should know about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Yesterday ((Saturday, April 21, 2012)) I attended CCFA Illinois’ 17th Annual Patient and Family Education Conference. This year’s conference featured a number of great speakers from the U.S. and Canada, and focused on many of the current hot topics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This article contains links to the speaker presentations, as well as my tweets related to each speaker (drawn from live tweeting done during the conference).
Alternative rock pioneers They Might Be Giants are performing at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater this Friday (October 28), and you could be there! I am auctioning off one ticket for the concert, with all proceeds to benefit CCFA’s Team Challenge and their effort to defeat Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Details follow below the video.
I’m currently mentoring nine individuals who will run or walk the 2011 Las Vegas half marathon as part of Team Challenge. We are two weeks aways from the recommitment deadline, which is when Team Challenge participants must make a final decision about whether they will commit to completing 13.1 miles in Vegas and reaching their …
My Online Date Auction to benefit Team Challenge1 is now underway! The winning bidder will receive an all-expense paid evening on the town. In addition, every person2 who donates $30 or more during the Online Auction will receive a bottle of wine from Napa Valley. The Online Date Auction runs until 5:00 PM CT on …
Recently I was hospitalized for yet another new (new to me, at least) Crohn’s‑related side effect — in this case a nasty blood infection. Unlike most of my Crohn’s issues over the last several years, this wasn’t something I could simply rearrange my life around. I ended up spending five days in the hospital, followed …