6 minutes ago For Rachel Stackiewicz, enjoying most meals is a temporary pleasure at best. Stackiewicz, 20, of Murrysville, has been living since age 11 with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Along with ulcerative colitis, it is one of two illnesses classified as inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. “Every day, I eat five small, IBD-friendly meals, my belly usually hurts and I have to go to the bathroom,” Stackiewicz said. “This is followed by extreme belly pain and happens every time I eat a meal.” Living with Crohn’s — there is no cure — requires her to receive monthly at-home medical infusions, forces her...
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