Lenette Sparacino
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The Ongoing Impact Of A Chronic Illness Diagnosis
New Year’s Eve, 2014. You and your family are outside setting off small fireworks to celebrate the new year. Your husband checks the mail and finds a letter from your doctor. Inside, the letter reads, “You have been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease.” Despite your initial shock, there’s an immense relief in finally having answers. Now…
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Being Diagnosed With Crohn’s Changed My Perspective On Life. This Is My Story.
After being sick for many years, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the end of 2014. Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease. While the diagnosis came with the relief of finally having an answer, it quickly set in that I was now faced with a lifelong chronic illness and a life…