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The Worst Nightmare of an IBS Sufferer: Don’t worry, you WILL laugh at me, and it is okay. Part of my coping is my ability to laugh at some of the unfortunate incidences associated with IBS. My boyfriend and I went on our weekly date night. I knew something was brewing when we sat down, […]

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 1′ of decsending colon for concentrated diverticulum), I began to experience very severe urgency. It is such that even with a bathroom near by, I rarely make it. Every effort […]

Kolja’s Personal Story: Developing IBS-D After Food Poisoning My story: Yes. I have either functional diarrhoea or indeed IBS-D. Several gastroenterologists that I had wound up going to seem to be ‘fence-sitting‘ on this one. Something; IBS, others unexplained diarrhoea, and one gastroenterologist thought Munchausen Syndrome, as to play ‘hookie’ (skipping school). Point is, that […]

Never thought I would see the day that I would be writing on Google about my dis-motility disorders. Well here goes, I have sooo many dis-orders, that the Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic have both told me there is nothing they can do for me, at the age of 50, am now 55.I now am […]

Brenda’s Personal Story- Gastroparesis and Emetophobia I thought my life couldn’t possibly get any worse. Yes, I have an amazing husband and three awesome kids ranging from age 13-22.Sometime around February of 2014 I was called to come into my doctor’s office immediately. He walked in the room and had two boxes in his one […]

Lindsay’s Personal Story- An Advocate’s Story DHA advocate Lindsay has made great strides to raise awareness and funds for gastroparesis. The first annual Go With Your Gut 5K was held in Hilliard, Ohio, on August 23rd of 2014. Lindsay crushed her $3,000 fundraising goal, bringing in more than $9,000 to benefit research into idiopathic gastroparesis […]

Catherine’s Personal Story: Severe Gastroparesis I was just diagnosed with Gastroparesis about two weeks ago, I can not hold down solid foods for long. i finally got in to see the gi doctor and he sent me to take a gastric emptying study done and it said that i have a sever case of gastroparesis. […]

Problems started around 10 yrs. old with very bad gasteral pains on rare occasions until 19 then was in car accident and 6 months later had exploratory surgery for torn entestine and hernia and removed appendix while they were already in there. Had 2 inches below stomach removed doc said I would be on Rolaids […]