Replying to @brea.powers Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Most people have never heard of ulcerative colitis until it changes someone’s life. Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disease where your immune system attacks your colon, causing bleeding, severe pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and inflammation. And for many Black women, the battle starts long before the diagnosis. 👩🏾🤎 Our pain is too often dismissed, our symptoms blamed on stress, and we’re frequently diagnosed later than we should be. There is