Amy Frojd’s Personal Story
Amy Frojd’s Personal Story: Supporting Briana’s Battle with Gastroparesis, GERD, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Hello my name is Amy my daughter Briana is 17 with Gastroparesis, GERD and irritable bowel. She has had stomach problems off and on her whole life. She has had 16 surgeries and 2 of them were open heart surgeries. Because […]
Alissa’s Personal Story
Alissa’s Personal Story: Severe GERD at 23 I was 20 years old when I first started to have symptoms of GERD. My friends mom had just gone through her first surgery for removing 70% of her esophagus from cancer and recommended I sought a professional but I put it off. After almost a year of […]
Michaella’s Personal Story
Michaella’s Personal Story: Coping with Gastroparesis, GERD, and the Mental Struggles That Follow I was diagnosed with gastroparesis and severe GERD about a year ago now. For a year and a half I went undiagnosed. I couldn’t get anything down my throat and was losing weight fast. I was 40 kgs and depressed at life. […]
Megan’s Personal Story
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
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 […]
Susie’s Personal Story
Susie’s Personal Story: GERD – Struggles with Treatment and Dietary Changes Hi everyone, I just started reading your stories, and I am so sorry you all deal with this same awful disease. I am aware that things can always be worse, but this isn’t anything to “sneeze” about. I was diagnosed with GERD about two […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: IBS and GERD I am a female who has been suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome for 35 plus years. In the last two years my symptoms have gotten much more severe. I started having stomach problems at age 14. By the time I reached my mid twenties, the IBS had a major […]
Anonymous Personal Story
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 […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: “I was diagnosed with GERD when I was 6” Hi i am sophia I am 13 years old and i was diagnosed with GERD when i was 6. Hearing all these stories of the effects of GERD have had me thinking of how not so bad my life actually is. When i […]
Adam’s Personal Story
Adam’s Personal Story: Navigating Life with IBS, GERD, and the Battle for Understanding First off thanks to all of you that have shared your stories on here. Very nice to know that i’m not alone in all of this. As for my story, I’m 29 years old. I was diagnosed with IBS following a colonoscopy […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Managing GERD, Hiatal Hernia, and Sudden IBS Symptoms with Diet Changes Since childhood, I had some episodes of gastritis (diagnosed when I was a teen). It got much better when I went to college and got older. Still, I had occasional issues over the years, especially during times of high stress – […]
Anneli’s Personal Story
Anneli’s Personal Story: Facing a Lifetime Battle with Chronic GERD I have suffered from nausea and stomach aches my entire life. But I did not tell anyone about it until 2008. My parents were aware of these symptoms, but it is difficult to really figure out what’s wrong with you when you’re just a child. […]
