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Meet Stephanie A. Wynn- From Diagnosis To Direction

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The hardest part isn’t always the pain; it’s the fog—those days when the labels keep changing, the meds blur together, and the bills are louder than your body. That’s where Stephanie A. Wynn stepped in, transforming her Crohn’s journey into a movement for clarity, access, and equity.
We sit down with Stephanie—author, podcaster, and founder of the Stephanie A. Wynn Foundation—to unpack how a misdiagnosis spiral, two heartbreaking pregnancy losses, and a sixth GI finally led to answers and action. She walks us through the IBD Patient Navigator Program she built to connect people with the care team they actually need: GI, primary care, mental health, dietitian, pelvic floor therapist, and, when needed, a colorectal surgeon. We talk about practical tools that change outcomes—recording appointments, coming with three priority questions, tracking symptoms and meals, and learning your labs so they can become signals instead of mysteries.
Stephanie also opens up her book Navigating IBD: A Six-Week Blueprint for Better Gut Health which she designed to slow overwhelm and teach the language of care including treatment decisions, and what “knowing your numbers” truly means. We dig into clinical trials—why she calls it clinical research, how to qualify, what to ask about aftercare, and ways to participate through labs or tissue samples to boost representation. We tackle health disparities and social determinants of health head-on: transportation, refrigeration for meds, school support, and why trust is built by showing up with real solutions.
This is a conversation about agency and community for anyone living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. You’ll leave with a sharper checklist, a stronger voice, and a reminder that you are not alone—and that the right tools and team can change everything.
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Links:

Link to Stephanie's IBD book
The Stephanie A. Wynn Foundation
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medical Advancements and Technologies- Kaiser Family Foundation

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Chapters

1. Meet Stephanie A. Wynn (00:00:00)

2. Drinks, Warm-Up, And Purpose (00:02:30)

3. Misdiagnosis And The Sixth Doctor (00:03:50)

4. Costs, Assistance, And Access (00:09:00)

5. Founding The Patient Navigator Program (00:12:30)

6. Building Your IBD Care Team (00:17:20)

7. Training Navigators And School Support (00:20:40)

8. Inside The Navigating IBD Book (00:23:50)

9. Labs, Numbers, And Self-Advocacy (00:29:30)

10. Clinical Trials And Trust Barriers (00:34:30)

11. Access, Logistics, And Equity (00:40:10)

12. From Author To Nonprofit Founder (00:44:30)

13. Final Advice And Closing (00:47:30)

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