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Check out this link from Healthline featuring fellow IBD'rs who have chosen to get tattoos to show their support, struggle and strength in the face of Crohn's and Colitis.  (My tattoo just happens to be on page 7 of the list!)  I hope you enjoy these as much as I have.  Seeing all this great ink just makes me want to get more!!  IBD INK If you want your IBD Ink featured on this list, Healthline is looking for new submissions.  All people have to do is send in a clear photo of their tattoo with a short description, with the subject “My Crohn's tattoo,” to nominations@healthline – Then they’ll then feature them on the site! 

A while back I ditched Facebook and Twitter so the only social media I'm involved in is Instagram and this blog, I think the Instagram may also have to go.  Simply because there is no reason I would ever want to come across something as disgusting, appalling and just downright rude as what I saw this weekend! Scrolling through my daily dose of baby animal pictures and motivational sayings, I saw this post from CCFA.  This picture, taken from Entertainment Weekly Magazine's special double summer issue, is nothing more than a slap in the face to the whole IBD community.  Where to begin... First off World IBD Day isn't on May 23, it's on May 19.  That in and of itself is an insult because if you are going to make fun of something at least get your facts straight.  (Fun Fact: May 23 is actually Lucky Penny Day.  Don't think anyone would be offended if that day was substituted for World Crohn's and Colitis Day in this "joke".) Second, whose joke is this?  ...