"When Sarah O'Connor started to display symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), she knew what it was because her mother suffered from the condition. A later diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was another devastating blow, and highlighted up the lack of resources available to those suffering with IBD"
"Sarah O'Connor was two years old when her mother Noreen was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), specifically Crohn's disease. "She would've been amazingly strong, and never really let it hold her back," says O'Connor, who is now 28 and works in marketing."
"As the years passed, and Noreen's IBD progressed, O'Connor became more aware of the implications of Crohn's. "It probably wasn't until I was a teenager that I realised, 'oh, this is a bit more serious', and joined the dots a little bit.""
Sarah O'Connor grew up with close exposure to inflammatory bowel disease when her mother Noreen was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when Sarah was two. Noreen managed the condition with resilience and rarely allowed it to limit her activities. As Noreen's IBD progressed, Sarah became increasingly aware of its implications and recognized symptoms during her teenage years. Sarah later experienced her own IBD symptoms and was subsequently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which intensified her health burden and highlighted deficiencies in resources and support for people living with IBD. Sarah is 28 and works in marketing.
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