Share your experience of living with a digestive disorder – it can be therapeutic for you as well as others who suffer.
Whether you or a family member has a disorder, we invite you to view more stories or share your own.
Anonymous Personal Story: Mom Supporting her Pre-Teen Through IBS-C and Encopresis Challenges Well this story is about my child. At a few months old constipation
Rose’s Personal Story: Managing IBS-D Ihave suffered from IBS for many years when I was about 25 pounds heavier than Iam now My IBS ‘”D”
Anonymous Personal Story: Severe Urgency After Hemicolectomy and Embracing Life with Confidence I’m really not completely bowel incontinent but after a hemicolectomy (removal of aprox
Scott’s Personal Story: Struggling with Incontinence After a Life-Changing Accident It was under advice, good direction, and being to the end of my rope that
Veronika’s Personal Story: Idiopathic Gastroparesis I wanted to tell my story of gastroparesis to try and help other people that are going through it. I
Leia’s Personal Story: Living with Achalasia and Preparing for Heller Myotomy I am one of only 1/100,000 people to get to have achalasia (0.001% of
Alissa’s Personal Story: Severe GERD at 23 I was 20 years old when I first started to have symptoms of GERD. My friends mom had
Mandy’s Personal Story: Managing Multiple Diagnoses Including Crohn’s, GERD, SIBO, and Gastroparesis I have been reading stories about people that are suffering from these digestive
Alyson’s Personal Story: Seeking Hope After a Gastroparesis Diagnosis My name is Alyson, only 21 years old and very recently diagnosed with gastroparesis. I’m hoping
Michaella’s Personal Story: Coping with Gastroparesis, GERD, and the Mental Struggles That Follow I was diagnosed with gastroparesis and severe GERD about a year ago
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