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Oct 27
1 min

Unstoppable

Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed for Authority Magazine’s ‘Unstoppable’ series. We talked about my experiences with Croh...

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Revolutionary Research and the Autonomy of Patients

Kelly Owens

Oct 5
6 min

Revolutionary Research and the Autonomy of Patients

What does it say about the health of our nation when every other commercial on TV is for an immune-suppressing biologic? Each commercial ...

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The research of today is the healthcare of tomorrow and we are only as far away from it as we choose

Kelly Owens

Oct 2
3 min

The research of today is the healthcare of tomorrow and we are only as far away from it as we choose

One of the hurdles we face in translating bioelectronic medicine from bench to bedside is a philosophical shift in how providers think ab...

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'Told Ya So': An Excerpt from 'Vagus Nerve Girl'

Kelly Owens

Jun 22
7 min

'Told Ya So': An Excerpt from 'Vagus Nerve Girl'

This is an excerpt from my book that tells the story of the day of my surgery to implant Murph, my vagus nerve stimulator. I was super ne...

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Kelly Owens

Dec 16, 2019
15 min

A Lingering Legacy, and Continued Hope

Hello all, below you will find a series of blog posts regarding a recent experience I had due to the discovery of a legacy issue of Crohn...

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The Woman I Have Become Because of My Crohn’s Disease

Kelly Owens

Aug 22, 2019
3 min

The Woman I Have Become Because of My Crohn’s Disease

*written in 2015, pre-VNS There is a picture painted in my mind of what my life should be — a parallel universe — and there’s no room in ...

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What 'Interstellar' Taught Me About Living With Crohn's Disease

Kelly Owens

Aug 22, 2019
5 min

What 'Interstellar' Taught Me About Living With Crohn's Disease

*written in 2015, pre-VNS We are given a finite amount of time to breathe on this planet. In an infinite universe that stretches across n...

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Kelly Owens

Aug 15, 2019
5 min

"The Placebo Effect"

I sat down at table ten, an eight-foot round at the back of the room with a sign on it titled ‘Human-Centered Experience.’ It was a healt...

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Kelly Owens

Jul 23, 2019
10 min

New Beginnings

*written January 21, 2019 Happy Monday, everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve published anything on the website; life has been in transi...

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Kelly Owens

Jul 17, 2019
4 min

Welcome.

Well, hello there, everyone! Welcome to vagusnervegirl.com! I’m Kelly Owens. I struggled with Crohn’s disease for 15 years before I found...

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