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Blood, Poop, and Tears

by Eric on Friday, February 19, 2010 17:40

This entry is filed under: Ulcerative Colitis

I love the logo for Jackie’s new blog! If you have a minute, go check out her posts, and hopefully she won’t be a stranger around these parts.

Check our her blog here.

These posts might also help out:

April 5, 2010 -- Home from Surgery #1 (1)
March 27, 2010 -- Colston Thomas Mills (5)
February 8, 2010 -- A little insight on my insides. (12)
December 13, 2009 -- Welcome Lisa to the “No Colon Club” (1)

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Tags: colitis, Jpouch, MS, surgery, your stories

2 Responses to “Blood, Poop, and Tears”

Jackie Z. says:

February 20th, 2010 at 12:27 am

Aw thanks Eric!

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Danielle says:

February 22nd, 2010 at 10:46 am

Jackie is an awesome girl. Who comes up with awesome logos.

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