Check out this blog from The Guy with Crohn’s ! Read his message to Mike McCready from Pearl Jam…..Mike McCready…if you are reading this (I know your not but I can dream), you have a community behind you.  You have done so much for us and we have your back.  Thank you for all that you have done, all the money you have raised, and blessing us with your sweet sound that your fingers make.  Keep up the great work and help stamp out not only IBD but stupidity and insensitivity.

A Guy With Crohn's

Over the weekend my eyes were opened to just how insensitive people can be, especially to someone with IBD.   Most names will be left out so as not to totally offend the parties involved in the incident.

Many of you might read Crohn’s Advocate and recently read an article in there about Mike McCready who is the lead guitarist for Pearl Jam.  The article talks about his struggles with Crohn’s Disease and how he turned it into a positive experience.   I found this article to be great and I found a new respect for him and Pearl Jam.   So, on Friday night, while on Facebook, I saw a link from The Great Bowel Movement directing everyone to Like a comment made by another activist to a radio DJ in Chicago.  Turns out this DJ made a comment (I believe on air) about how Mike McCready should have stayed silent about…

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