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Crohn’s and IBS 🙋🏻‍♀️
Bathroom anxiety is real 🧻
Patient advocacy and engagement @unumco

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Hi! I’m Megan, Co-Founder of Unum Co. 👋

I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a little bit about myself, and I’d love to know more about you as well! Feel free to send us a DM or drop a comment below with a quick intro.

We’re so excited to be creating this community of patients, health care professionals and industry people. We hope this space can unite us all so that we can come together and share in the goal of putting patients first.

Photography by @mackenzie.m.h 📸

#patientadvocacy #patientexperience #patientcentricity
#patientadvocate #patientcentric #patientsfirst #patientperspective #patientvoice #patientsmatter #empowerment #womenownedbusiness #womenowned by @thegutgazette

Everyone has their own way of coping with bathroom anxiety. What helps one person might not help another, but it's worth sharing in hopes any of these strategies could help someone else.⁠⁠
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Thank you to everyone who shared coping strategies!⁠⁠
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Do you have any other strategies? Feel free to share below! by @thegutgazette

Here’s how I talk about Crohn’s with my kids—no sugar coating, just what they need to know to help them understand.

Would love to hear how you talk to your kids about your gut issues! by @thegutgazette

This piece was IBD specific, but the point applies to patients everywhere: if you’re building guidelines, consensus statements, or care pathways for a condition, the people living with it need to be in the room from day one, not brought in at the end to sign off on something already decided.

That was the case we made in this joint editorial in Gastroenterology, co-authored with Johan Burisch and Daniel Keszthelyi.

Let me know if you’d like the link to the editorial and I’ll send it over. by @thegutgazette

We have been sitting on this for a while and today felt like the right day to share that something is on its way.

It is for anyone who has ever felt like their voice got lost somewhere between the waiting room and the appointment. Anyone who has ever made their way home after an appointment and thought of everything they forgot to say.

More soon. Join the waitlist at the link in bio! by @thegutgazette

Unison Edition 2 is here!!!

This edition is about women-led innovation in health care. The gaps are well documented: dismissed pain, underfunded research, conditions studied too little and diagnosed too late.

Inside, you’ll meet some of the founders and advocates who saw the gap and built the solution, turning lived experience into companies, communities, and care.

Thank you to Amy Flood (@whccanada), Miranda Popen (@theperiodlab), Cheryl Dowling (@the.ivf.warrior), Jessica Chalk (@mystoriahealth), Rebecca Lynn Lyons (@her.say.app), Melissa Gallagher (@almapostnatal), Angela Johnson (@sanoliving.ai) and @pinkpearlcanada for being part of this edition!

We’re so proud of this one and our one ask is to share this with your community. Women’s health innovation needs all the support it can get.

(Linked in our bio!) by @thegutgazette

Last night we were in a room full of women for @june.health’s very first in-person event! We left feeling inspired, energized, and reminded of exactly why our work matters.

A huge thank you to the incredible speakers who took the stage: Julie Cole, Ruth Nyaamine, Jane Francisco, Lori Casselman, and Michelle Vesprini. 👏 by @thegutgazette

I shared this on LinkedIn yesterday and it hit over 5,000 impressions in 24 hours, which told me this isn’t just my story.

A receptionist told me I probably don’t need a wellness checkup until I’m closer to 40. I’m 36. She put me on hold and came back with an appointment two months out.

And I keep thinking about the person who doesn’t know they can push back. Who hears “maybe wait until you’re 40” from someone at a medical office and just accepts it.

You do not need permission to book preventative care.

Has this happened to you? Drop it below 👇 by @thegutgazette

Just a little reminder to use your voice!

Self advocacy
Patient advocacy
Self advocate
Patient care
Canadian healthcare
Health care healthcare
Patient advocate by @thegutgazette

No matter how you say it, it’s still using your voice. #PatientAdvocacy by @thegutgazette

And caption: Your story matters more than you think.

In this week’s episode of Collected, we’re reflecting on everything we’ve heard so far, and one thing keeps coming up: the most powerful thing you can do is own your story.

Our new solo episode is out now. Go give it a listen! by @thegutgazette

Two years ago, we built Unum Co. around a single belief: to make patient voices impossible to ignore. Today, in celebration of our second anniversary, we’re proud to share something we’ve been building: Unison.

Unison is a digital magazine featuring the stories and voices of our community members alongside patient community trends, and insights designed for health care leaders, patient organizations, and anyone who believes care starts with listening.

Thank you to everyone who inspired this issue and shared their story with us. You can access the first issue of Unison through the link in our bio!! by @thegutgazette