Anonymous Personal Story
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 […]
Vanessa’s Personal Story
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 […]
Kiran’s Personal Story
Kiran’s Personal Story: “I have been struggling with IBS for the last 15 years” I am 35 year old woman and have been struggling with IBS for the last 15 years .it all started just like gas problem.i farted during a class session. So much of embarrassment. Those days I had some huge stress in […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with Acid Reflux and Suspecting It’s GERD I’m 21yr old and I was facing acid reflux symptoms from past 2 yrs. It usually consists of chest pain and sometimes heartburn. One day I was eating something spicy in late afternoon and suddenly my chest started paining now at that time I […]
Bob’s Personal Story
Bob’s Personal Story: GERD Been struggling with GERD for years . Trying everything out there nothing helping . Thinking about surgery . Want this crap to be gone. Back to all personal stories
Christina’s Personal Story
Christina’s Personal Story: GERD Hi guysJust wanted to share, I don’t know how I found this page but everyone’s stories seem to be really sad and full of worry. I had Covid in January and was randomly diagnosed this in out of hours GP after still having chest pain (which I thought was due to […]
Engy’s Personal Story
Engy’s Personal Story: IBS-C and GERD in Search of Lasting Relief I’m a 22 year old college student from MN. Born in Egypt, raised in the US. I got diagnosed with IBS – Constipation & GERD when I was 15. I got Post – Infectious IBS from when I traveled back to my home country […]
Colleen’s Personal Story
Colleen’s Personal Story: GERD and Esophageal Ulcers I have always had periods of having heartburn and would usually turn to tums to deal, but didn’t think it was an issue. But last fall I started noticing that I sometimes had trouble swallowing, sometimes it felt like food was stuck on the way down. And some […]
Zoe’s Personal Story
Zoe’s Personal Story: “A wild ride with GERD” Hi, I’ve had a wild ride with GERD and I’m still struggling, but things are getting better, or maybe I’m being too optimistic. It started in 2017 with a case of food poisoning and that seemed to set something off in my stomach and I’ve struggled since. […]
Sarah’s Personal Story
Sarah’s Personal Story Hello, Reading the experiences is so heartbreaking. I want to share what has helped me. For 2 yrs now I have had so many scary symptoms from reflux and wasnt sure what it was. I was convinced I would die at times. i went to 3 Dr’s and the ER. They all […]
Yassine Yazzan’s Personal Story
Yassine Yazzan’s Personal Story: “I hope one day I wake up and it will be gone forever.” I was diagnosed with GERD grade B 3 months ago, I thought this would not last too long, as my doctor was reacting too cold toward it, but since then, i have not had a normal day anymore, […]
Mark’s Personal Story
Mark’s Personal Story with acid reflux I’ve had indigestion issues all my life but at age 35 I began taking PPI’s which eliminated any need for antacids and I could eat/drink anything without concern. Two years ago, age 58, I woke up with the taste of acid in my mouth which I had never experienced. […]
