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Alisha Vernon, 22, Kilmarnock

Lying in the hospital bed, I rubbed my tummy in pain, then snapped a selfie.

Back in hospital, more tests, I wrote, posting the picture online.

It wasn’t unusual for me.

Most people used Instagram to show off their holidays or fancy nights out.

Me? I shared info about my bowels.

It was 2017 and I’d found out I had ulcerative colitis in April, an incurable inflammatory bowel disease causing cramps, diarrhoea, fatigue and lots

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