As I was watching the History Channel this morning I found it interesting that John Kennedy was diagnosed with Colitis.  While he lived a privileged life I wonder what it was like to deal with a bowel problem during this time period.  There were not bathrooms to conveniently stop at like the more modern times we live in.  He seemed to be very thin and was told to drink only milk.  The lack of knowledge they had yet to learn about these diseases made the suffering probably all that more than what we live with in this day and age.  I still am in wonder as to why it's taking so long to figure out a cure for this disease.  What are we concentrating on that we can't figure out how to stop this from overtaking the lives of so many.  Are there more of us diagnosed with this or is it just the information age making it brought to the forefront to make it seem this way. Is it just about money and the lack thereof that keeps this on the back burner?  It just seems odd that there are so many theories yet so little being done.  If we had a president today with this, it would be wide news and at the forefront but yet back then it wasn't talked about.  Is it just more comfortable now or is it that we just lay everything out there for everyone to know!