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Inspiring Stories from the 2008 Video Winners
These stories from the 2008 Celebrating UC Success winners are reminders that with guidance and support, people are turning UC challenges into triumphs every single day.
Elizabeth C.
Concord, GA
"I was eleven years old in 1985 when diagnosed with UC. My disease was so advanced that within a month of being diagnosed, I was hospitalized, receiving a unit of blood per day, unable to eat, and so weak I could not walk unassisted. I weighed just over 60 pounds. My doctors felt that surgery was the only option.
"After several surgeries to completely remove my large intestine and create a J-pouch, I resumed a normal life. I grew up! I graduated from college, became an emergency medical technician and actually worked as a medic on an ambulance helping people when they needed it the most. I even carried and gave birth to a beautiful 7 1/2 lbs baby girl at age 27.
"Having UC certainly changed me as a person. The experience gave me an insight that can only be gained through struggle and despair. The colors of the world are more vivid. How thankful I am for every day. I am an optimist. After all, I am a survivor."
