Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Severe IBS Symptoms and Frequent Bowel Movements I believe I have IBS. I have weird sounding gas followed by a bowel movement. I do this whether I eat or not. It’s worse if I eat. I will go about 10 times without food. I’ll have to go about 15 times if I […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Living with IBS-C Amid Constant Bloating and Pain I’m a 29 almost 30 yr old female. I’ve been suffering from IBS-C since my mid teens, and it has become progressively worse since then. My symptoms aren’t consistant. I go through phases where my pain and other symptoms it’s unbearable, to times where […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: IBS – “I feel like I’ve lost my freedom” I am 29 years old and have been suffering IBS-D (sometimes C) since I was possibly 15 years old. I was officially diagnosed by my GI about 3 and a half years ago. Its good to know what it is, but sadly so […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Managing Severe IBS After Viral Trigger I felt I needed to write something as for years I have had mild IBS, I learnt from the age of 16 (now 28) exactly what triggered it, did all the tai chi, yoga, aromatherapy courses incase stress was an issue and had always managed it […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: IBS-D I am a 67-year-old female who has suffered from digestive problems most of my life. After having acute pancreatitis at 25 caused by gallstones, my gallbladder was removed. Then came more problems. I am apparently one of the 20% of gallbladder cases left with excessive bile dumping into the intestines, causing […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Unexplained GI Bleeds, Obstructions, and Ongoing IBS Symptoms I am a 27-year-old female. My problems began ten years ago. When I was 17, I had a bowel obstruction. This seemed to happen out of nowhere, and I don’t remember having symptoms prior to this. I had no idea what was happening to […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Gastritis and IBS-C I am 24 years old and I had been having stomach issues for about a year. Finally went to the doctor who scheduled a EGD and a colonoscopy. There I got diagnosed with Gastritis and IBS-C. I was put on Linzess, IBgard, Prilosec and I take probiotics everyday. I’m […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: IBS and a Lifelong Dependency on Enemas I am dependant on enemas. Will be 63 soon ,have used them for about 35 yrs. I had developed hemroids, had been ill ,not eating ,when I started eating, I had hard stool and forced some bowel movements. A visiting doctor gave me a bottle […]
Josi’s Personal Story
Josi’s Personal Story: Fighting for Gut Health and Advocacy with IBS-C Many of the great notables of our day would defend the widely used verb-age we all know is true “knowledge is power”, even scripture teaches us this. I have had to force myself to make drastic changes in lifestyle and diet, including staying informed […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story- A Low-Carb Diet Worked For Me IBS-C started in the summer of 1975 and I was hospitalized for 3 days in which I endured both upper and lower tests, and the doctor attributed the problem to stress; so I stopped driving taxi on the night shift, changed my diet, cut out alcohol, […]
Digestive Health Matters Vol 21 Issue 4
In this Issue:
- IBS Awareness Month
- Medical & Research News
- What are Functional GI and Motility Disorders
- An 8-Step Approach to Chronic Pain Management
- Industry Treatment News
- Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Selecting a CAM Practitioner
Topics: DHM, DHM Magazines, IBS Awareness Month, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, FGIDs, Pain Management, Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS), Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Digestive Health Matters Vol 21 Issue 1
In this Issue:
- April is IBS Awareness Month
- Medical & Research News
- What is IBS?
- Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team
- Books of Interest
- Industry Treatment News
- Professional Announcements
- Community News
Topics: DHM, DHM Magazines, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), IBS Awareness Month
