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Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with IBS, Bloating, and Body Image Hi there, thanks for reading this. I am a 20 year old woman who was diagnosed with IBS about three years ago, though I have suffered from it all my life and simply assumed that my weird bowel patterns were normal. As a little girl […]
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Joan’s Personal Story: IBS After Cancer Treatment God bless you for this site.Sharing with ppl who UNDERSTAND helps! @62, I was dx with very invasive breast cancer.Since I had such fierce cancer, I was given LOTS of VERY strong chemo. One is KNOWN to ruin heart function.But the one that brought me here was one […]
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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 became an issue that would come and go. Up to age 3 we treated this by the pediatricians recommendations with suppositories, v8 splash, senna a list of things. The suppositories […]
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Sophie’s Personal Story: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Hey everyone, I’m Sophie. I’m 15 and have been struggling with Irritable Bowel Syndrome for about 2 years. I still remember how it all began. I was sitting with my mom eating lunch at a deli, when I suddenly became intensely nauseous. My mom said I turning white like […]
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Kathy’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis and Overwhelming Health Battles My story starts a little different from most I suppose. Three years ago, I woke up one am with one breast huge and red. I’m not breastfeeding and was in my mid 30s so I went to the ER and they said mastitis and gave me antibiotics. […]
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Kwan’s Personal Story: Overcoming the Stigma of Adult Incontinence My story began when I was born in October of 1980, from then onwards for the better part of a decade I wore diapers/nappies mostly because I was and still am autistic. I was fully potty trained at the age of six, however I still wore […]
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T’s Personal Story: IBS- We are more than a diagnosis Hi! I’m a 23 year old female and I’ve been struggling with IBS-C for I’m not really sure how long as I spent most of my teen years misdiagnosed with anorexia nervosa rather then receiving help for my colon. I had juvenile colon polyposis syndrome […]
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Kwan’s Personal Story: Overcoming the Stigma of Adult Incontinence My story began when I was born in October of 1980, from then onwards for the better part of a decade I wore diapers/nappies mostly because I was and still am autistic. I was fully potty trained at the age of six, however I still wore […]
Helpful Insights from a GI Doctor: Douglas A. Drossman, MD Douglas A. Drossman, MD was a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where he founded and chaired the world renowned UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders. He is a founder and president of the Rome Foundation, the organization that […]
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Robert’s Personal Story: Difficulty swallowing, lump in throat, vomiting My name is Robert, 46 years old from the Philippines. My experience with GERD started 3 weeks ago. While I was doing my Work from Home duties from the Office, suddenly and abruptly. I felt vomiting the first time and regurgitation of foods to my mouth […]
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T’s Personal Story: IBS- We are more than a diagnosis Hi! I’m a 23 year old female and I’ve been struggling with IBS-C for I’m not really sure how long as I spent most of my teen years misdiagnosed with anorexia nervosa rather then receiving help for my colon. I had juvenile colon polyposis syndrome […]
Family and personal relationships can have an effect on illness and on how well a person will feel as he or she lives with chronic digestive disorders. These interactions have been described by family medicine experts. Nurturing Relationships and Digestive Disorders: Putting the illness “in its place” – being concerned about the person with the […]