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CC’s Personal Story: Seeking Relief from Severe GI Issues I am a 34 year old female and really relate to every story I have read.  The doctors I have seen don’t know what to do with me.  I saw the “best” GI Dr. in the area and he said go to the Mayo Clinic.  I […]

J’s Personal Story: Living Abroad with IBS and Diarrhea I have just been diagnosed with IBS with diarrhea. I have been sick every 2 weeks since May of this year. It all stated with a bout of salmonella…I am currently living in Mexico because my husband has been transferred here for what was supposed to […]

Shannon’s Personal Story: Severe Gastroparesis After Unexpected Onset How do you tell the story of how your life fell apart? You went to the doctor thinking you just had some weird stomach illness but medicine and the doctor would make it better. In the fall of 2015 I had the worst seasonal allergies I had […]

Weston’s Personal Story: A Child’s Journey with Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders My five year old son Weston has struggled with gastrointestinal symptoms since he was born in 2010. These symptoms began as vomiting, diarrhea, failure to thrive, malabsorption syndrome, and acid reflux. The doctors first suggested that we eliminate certain foods in my diet because I was […]

Kristen’s Personal Story: Navigating Her 2-Year-Old Son’s Gastroparesis, Redundant Colon, and Reflux Hi! This is partly my story, but really my son’s story. See my 2 year old has gastroparesis, a redundant colon, reflux and a dairy intolerance. Gosh, i feel like a GI specialist now!   I don’t know where to start and I […]

Megan’s Personal Story: Searching for Answers to Persistent GI Symptoms as a Young Adult Hello, I am an 18 year old female who has been experiencing gastrointestinal disorder like sysmptoms for almost a year now, and am still on my journey to finding both answers and solutions.   Throughout the beginning of 2016, I experienced […]

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 […]

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 […]

Josh’s Personal Story: IBS-SIBO Survivor My name is Josh and I am a fellow IBS-SIBO Survivor. Like a lot of people I’ve struggled with the digestive disease throughout my life. I’ve been at a point where it was hard seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I have managed being a college baseball […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ellie’s Personal Story: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Stomach Pain Being constipated is something very familiar to me and has been something I’ve struggled with for as long as I can remember. I thought having a bowel movement maybe once a week was normal. I had always had stomach pains, but I just dismissed them. When I […]