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Lawrence’s Personal Story: Parkinson’s Disease and Constipation I have been a sufferer of constipation since I was a boy. I am now 65 years old and have Parkinson for 15 years. As I am aware, most patients of Parkinson usually have constipation and I am not an exception. My constipation symptoms has been deteriorating as […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Coping with IBS-C After Injuries I am a female 18 year old with IBS-C.After the cheerleading season ended I started to notice many different things going on around my body. I started out with my coccyx hurting. Every time I sat down I felt pain, needles and numbness all around the tailbone […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: “I am 17 and I’ve been diagnosed with IBS-C” Hello, I am 17 and I’ve been diagnosed with Ibs-c for about a year. For a long time now I’ve been struggling with my ibs because of the intense pain and nasuea I feel on a daily basis. It’s hard to live a […]
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Vanessa’s Personal Story: From Misdiagnosed Pain to a GERD Diagnosis Hi everyone, hope all of you are doing well. My GERD story is quite different, at first I had abdominal and flank pain. The ultrasound result said I had UTI, after taking 1 week of antibiotics, the pain came back after 5 days. I was […]
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Just finding this site is such a help. I can identify with so many of the stories. Maybe my experience will help others. I am male and 67 years old. I started seeing doctors about my bowel problems, diarrhoea and constipation, nearly 40 years ago. I have heard it all from the docs; it was […]
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Stephen’s Personal Story: Finding Relief from Gastroparesis I am 43 years old and I was told I have gastroparesis about 10 years ago. When I was around 25 is when a tumor was found in my stomach which I had removed along with half my stomach at MD Anderson in Houston because it was […]
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Cheer up folks!!! I read stories about people staying home all the time and scared to leave the house. I have had incontinence for over 10 years. I am now a 55 year old woman who wears diapers and has a wonderful life. I can go most anywhere and remain stealth about my diaper issues. […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: From Heartburn to GERD Awareness I grew up with two parents who had constant heartburn. Dad always had antacids in his pocket and mom kept them on her nightstand. I just thought it was a thing that all adults suffered from. So when I started to suffer from heartburn in college, I […]
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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 I am finally telling my story, or at least the side no one knows of… May of 2012, I was hit by a drunk driver on my way to […]
Introduction Cancer of the colon and rectum remains one of the most deadly forms of cancer. It is the third most common cancer in the United States, yet it is quite curable by surgery when found in its early stages. Since it involves the lower gastrointestinal tract, treatment of colon and rectal cancer frequently affects […]
What is intestinal pseudo-obstruction? Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare condition with symptoms like those caused by a bowel obstruction, or blockage. But when the intestines are examined, no blockage is found. Instead, the symptoms are due to nerve (visceral neuropathy) or muscle (visceral myopathy) problems that affect the movement of food, fluid, and air through […]
Here are some common questions about GI disorders in children: How do I know if my child really has an upset stomach, or is trying to avoid going to school? Many school-age children never think about faking it; assume the bellyache is real. However, children and parents often forget that some bellyaches come from too […]