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 […]
A Kouple of Kay’s Personal Story
A Kouple of Kay’s Personal Story: “Documenting my journey with IBS” Hi Everyone! I’ve had IBS for 4 years now and I have been stuck at home as I continue to look for ways to counter this. I have been documenting my journey for the last 6 months and also sharing some lighter moments of […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Mom Supporting her Pre-Teen Through IBS-C and Encopresis Challenges Well this story is about my child. At a few months old constipation became an issue that would come and go. Up to age 3 we treated this by the pediatricians recommendations with suppositories, v8 splash, senna a list of things. The suppositories […]
Rose’s Personal Story
Rose’s Personal Story: Managing IBS-D Ihave suffered from IBS for many years when I was about 25 pounds heavier than Iam now My IBS ‘”D” ‘prevelent was terrible Ihad many accidents ,and terrible gas and bloating I was afraid of having an accident and going out to eat ment being careful I tried […]
Mary’s Personal Story
Mary’s Personal Story: Battling Mysterious GI Symptoms and Seeking Answers After Decades with IBS I could really use some support. I am a 54 yr old mother, grandma & wife. I was diagnosed with IBS (but not treated with meds) about 30 years ago & fibromyalgia about 14 years ago. About 5-1/2 years ago I […]
Jorge Castto’s Personal Story
Jorge Castto’s Personal Story: Battling Rectal Prolapse, Constipation, and Chronic GI Pain Hi everyone, my name is Jorge and I currently live in north Georgia. About a week ago during one of my frustrations, I stumbled upon this website. And I am just astonished at the story’s and even though I know that GI problems […]
Joan’s Personal Story
Joan’s Personal Story: IBS After Cancer Treatment God bless you for this site.Sharing with ppl who UNDERSTAND helps! @62, I was dx with very invasive breast cancer.Since I had such fierce cancer, I was given LOTS of VERY strong chemo. One is KNOWN to ruin heart function.But the one that brought me here was one […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Chronic Diarrhea and Suspected IBS at 19 I just put IBS because that’s what I think I have, i’m not actually sure what I have at the moment. I am a 19 year old girl, I’ve had diarrhea daily, sometimes multiple times in a day, for about 2 months straight, everyday. At […]
Satyaprasad Potham’s Personal Story
Satyaprasad Potham’s Personal Story: IBS I am a 43 year old male, been suffering from ibs for last 10 years. I was managing it with exercise and diet control upto last year. But last year I developed ankle pain which was diagnosed as sinus tarsi syndrome which didn’t go with medication hence took a corticosteroids […]
KD’s Personal Story
KD’s Personal Story: Post Infectious IBS I have post infectious ibs (diarrhea) since 2004. My pain and symptoms improve on 2006 due to amitriptyline (50mg a day), a tricyclic antidepressant. My conditions get worse about a year ago. I think amitriptyline was not working anymore. My doctor prescribed antibiotic to reduce gas problems and it […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with an Uncertain IBS Diagnosis I have had abdominal pain on and off for 4 years. Since January 2016 the pain has been constant, it gets worse anytime I eat or drink anything, I have lost about 30 pouns since January. Last December I had a Colonoscopy and in February I […]
Aleah’s Personal Story
Aleah’s Personal Story: From IBS-D to IBS-C, Navigating Multiple Health Challenges at 47 I am 47 years old. I have had IBS-since I was in about 17 years old. I almost got suspended from school one year for being late to class too many times. Up until about a year ago I had IBS-D, and […]