From Isolation to Impact
A Young Woman With No Warning Signs
Allison Rosen was 32 years old, in the best shape of her life, when she noticed something wrong.
She had Crohn’s disease, so she was hyper-aware of her digestive system. She knew her body well. And something felt different—something unusual.
“When I would eat, I would feel like I had food stuck inside me, and eventually I would go to the restroom and eventually it was just so painful that I was like, I can’t ignore this anymore,” she recalls.
She thought it was heartburn or indigestion at first. Her doctor didn’t seem too worried. But Allison knew her body…
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