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Meet Walt Brilhart
"Inspired by stories of others living with an ostomy, Walt Brilhart had dedicated his life to sharing the message of ...
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Meet Jearlean Taylor
As an accomplished fashion model—and a double ostomate—she’s spent nearly 20 years camouflaging her pouches from the ...
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Meet Ted Vosk
Homeless for the better part of four years as a teenager, Ted Vosk developed ulcerative colitis while living on the s...
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Meet Sarah Biggart
A woman’s first wedding anniversary should be a special time. For me, it signaled a journey that began with symptoms ...
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Meet Rob Hill
Until 1994, Rob Hill had never been sick a day in his life. The 23-year-old amateur runner and adventurer, who comple...
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Meet Valencia Hardaway
"I held two jobs, six days a week, and thought life couldn't get any better!" she exclaims when she reflects back to ...
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Meet Dianne Hattaway
It's not easy to hear that you have stage-four colon cancer, and even harder to be told you're having stoma surgery o...
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Meet Kent Cullen
Dr. Cullen was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1968, a few years after he became a board certified colon and rec...