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14 Things that People with Crohn's, Colitis, and IBD Hate Hearing

I know what you're going through.

I know what you're going through.

Julie Novack, a 44-year-old senior credit underwriter for the Wells Fargo Company in Charlotte, N.C. says she gets annoyed when people tell her that just because they have occasional digestive tract problems or bowel issues that they know exactly how she feels.

The problem with this type of response is that it not only minimizes the discomfort the person with IBD feels, but it sounds as though you don’t believe it is as bad as they say it is.