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Anonymous Personal Story with fecal incontinence: “DO NOT QUIT” Several years ago I began having episodes of fecal incontinence at night while asleep. Sometimes every few months or multiple times a week. I chalked it up to the frequent diarrhea I had been having since my gastric bypass in 2002. Then I began having minor […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Living with GERD Since Childhood Both my parents have stomach deceases so I was bond to get one. My started when I was 10 or 11 years old. I had caught the regular flu bug but it was different it also had a pain that I could never describe. After I had […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: “I’ve learned to ignore the ignorance of people” I’m a female in my 40’s and I first developed gastrointestinal problems in 2008 after about 3 viral gastro bugs at end of 2007. I first noticed IBS-D when I used to be out exercising daily and I’d have to run back home because […]
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Trisha’s Personal Story: My Gastroparesis Story My name is Trisha and I am sharing my personal story to give you an inside look at what it’s like living with this awful and misunderstood disease. I have had GI-related issues and numerous sporadic episodes of being unable to eat due to pain and nausea/vomiting for many […]
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I was 14 when I was diagnosed with GERD. I was healthy, a varsity soccer player, a straight-A student, and I almost never missed a day of school, until GERD came into my life. I was playing in a soccer game on a hot day, when I had difficultly breathing, chest pain, and I started […]
Patient Perspective on Gastroparesis Presented by Trisha Bundy Trisha Bundy Watch presentation here Presentation Overview Trisha is a proud parent and sports enthusiast from eastern North Carolina. She has 2 teenage children, currently 17 and 19 years old. She earned her Bachelor’s for Elementary Education from East Carolina University, married her high school sweetheart, and […]
Patient Perspective on Constipation Presented by Erin Slater, RD, LDN Watch presentation here About Erin Slater Erin grew up in Voorhees, NJ and graduated from Eastern Regional High School. She spent all four years writing for the school’s Literary magazine, completed a book of poems, a novel, and wrote several short stories. She also volunteered […]
Changes in IBS Symptoms that You Should Not Ignore
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), including IBS, are disorders of brain-gut interaction. This means that there is a problem with the way the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and the enteric nervous system (the nervous system of the gut) communicate information back and forth about our digestion, appetite, thoughts, and emotions. The pathway […]
Stress is a major issue for many with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), but what if you could change how you feel about it? Stress is defined as a perceived or actual disturbance in the balance between mind, brain, and body. It can occur with or without conscious feelings of anxiety, distress, or anger. It can be acute […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with GERD and Anxiety My story is feeling like the end of my life is near. This stupid anxiety is horrible. It all started with being hurt with my back on a job and eating badly-pizza, carry-out, eating late at night; not exercising. Was taking Pepcid AC more frequently and chalking […]
The first step in making diagnosing IBS is for the healthcare provider to identify if an individual has symptoms of IBS. Originally, the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was thought to be a “diagnosis of exclusion”. This implies that the diagnosis of IBS was valid only if other disorders that may be causing symptoms […]