IBD has robbed be of being carefree. One day I feel like I can climb Mount Everest

IBD has robbed be of being carefree. One day I feel like I can climb Mount Everest – the next I can’t climb out of bed

When Sarah O’Connor started to display symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), she knew what it was because her mother suffered from the condition. A later diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was another devastating blow, and highlighted up the lack of resources available to those suffering with IBD

Sarah O’Connor was two years old when her mother Noreen was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), specifically Crohn’s disease. “She would’ve been amazingly strong, and never really let it hold her back,” says O’Connor, who is now 28 and works in marketing.

As the years passed, and Noreen’s IBD progressed, O’Connor became more aware of the implications of Crohn’