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Anonymous Personal Story: Managing Severe IBS After Viral Trigger I felt I needed to write something as for years I have had mild IBS, I learnt from the age of 16 (now 28) exactly what triggered it, did all the tai chi, yoga, aromatherapy courses incase stress was an issue and had always managed it […]

I felt I needed to write something as for years I have had mild IBS, I learnt from the age of 16 (now 28) exactly what triggered it, did all the tai chi, yoga, aromatherapy courses incase stress was an issue and had always managed it very well and it never affected my quality of […]

Anonymous Personal Story: Life with Gastroparesis as a Teen I was always able to eat anything I wanted without gaining any weight. I was and still am very athletic and in shape. I am only 16 years old and got diagnosed with gastroparesis April of 2014. My symptoms began in January, and I was tested […]

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 […]

Stephanie’s Personal Story with Gastroparesis I have always struggled with my weight, my doctor would constantly ask my parents if I showed any signs of anorexia, people would compliment me on how flat my stomach was or how skinny I was, but little did they know what I was dealing with on the inside. I […]

Deb’s Personal Story: Gastroparesis the beginning. I believe my journey began in 1989 with the first migraine, but I didn’t realize it. The first migraine I had was a reaction to Indocin. I thought, at the time! And it may very well have been! What you also need to know? Is that I was an […]

Anonymous Personal Story: Diarrhea from stressful events I have had IBS symptoms since a child, or young teenager. I first noticed symptoms (immediate diarrhea) on the first day of a new school, or moving from elementary to middle and from middle to high school, taking my driving test etc. These were high stress situations for […]

Anonymous Personal Story: 16 Years of a Cough HI, I have been wondering for some time why I had a chronic cough for 16 years! I have been to numerous doctors for it. They have given me Advair thinking it was some king of Asthma. Also allergy medicines for allergy because I also had post […]

Anonymous Personal Story: “Continuous throat burn” I used to be 100% healthy before I was 20. Then I started using lots of heavy drugs for a few years and abusing them got me a little confused but I managed to keep some balance. One day someone lied to me and I ended up taking 5 […]

Gastroparesis the beginning. I believe my journey began in 1989 with the first migraine, but I didn’t realize it. The first migraine I had was a reaction to Indocin. I thought, at the time! And it may very well have been! What you also need to know? Is that I was an avid exerciser, biker, […]

Josi’s Personal Story: Fighting for Gut Health and Advocacy with IBS-C Many of the great notables of our day would defend the widely used verb-age we all know is true “knowledge is power”, even scripture teaches us this. I have had to force myself to make drastic changes in lifestyle and diet, including staying informed […]

I have been dealing with “undiagnosed” digestive issues since I was 25. I have spent a majority of my 20’s and now the beginning of my 30’s suffering and living a life controlled by digestive motility disorders.It all started with not being able to go to the bathroom for weeks at a time, nausea, noticeable […]