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I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.

Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.

Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease.

At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it.

I want to stand on a platform in the middle of Times Square and shout, 'You do not have to battle your Crohn's disease alone.'

I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.

We've all learned about this disease since it was first discovered several years ago in Europe. And so I think we've learned from the European experience.

Once we all have our genomes, some of these extremely rare diseases are going to be totally predictable.

We can now diagnose diseases that haven't even manifested in the patient, and may not until the fifth decade of life - if at all.

While there is no cure, cystic fibrosis is so close to being a livable disease. There is a lot of hope.