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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Inspiring. I have a very close friend with ulcerative colitis who does the same.
5 posted on 02/26/2019 7:13:33 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

Inspiring indeed! My wife works for the Crohns and Colitis foundation, and they do amazing work and raise tremendous amounts of awareness and research funds through the Team Challenge race events.

Certainly running isn’t for everyone, but it is for a great many!

Instead of tearing down the article, the diseases or the activity or running, we should laud people’s efforts to stay fit and help the those with these diseases and be as supportive as we can.

CCF also runs nationwide summer camps for kids who suffer from Crohns and IBD. Amazing kids who get the chance to realize they are not alone in their misery, and that they have a supportive network of caring people. Not easy to zip-line, swim and horseback ride with a colostomy bag.

They get to attend these camps because doctors and nurses and nutritionists and volunteer adults with Crohns or IBD, (or not), all volunteer their time to make the camps possible.

I offer my sincere appreciation to everyone involved.


17 posted on 02/26/2019 8:33:00 PM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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