Rosie’s Personal Story
Rosie’s Personal Story: Digestive Issues I’ve had digestion issues for a few years now. I am 72 years old. Most of my problem is bloating, looking pregnant. I was put on a low FODMAP diet and I also am lactose intolerant. What to eat? It’s been very difficult lately and if I want to go […]
Stasia’s Personal Story
Stasia’s Personal Story: “Because of my IBS, I have closed my business because I can’t be reliable” I have had digistive problems from about age 55 (I am 63 now). Mostly gastritis, diverticulosis and IBS, which make it difficult to know what to eat. More recently it seems to be more IBS-D with urgency and […]
Maureen’s Personal Story
Maureen’s Personal Story: “For over fifteen years I suffered from what had been diagnosed as IBS” For over fifteen years I suffered from what had been diagnosed as IBS. Three colonoscopies and lots of blood and stool tests revealed nothing out of the usual but I was at my wit’s end coping with cramping, pain, […]
Bernadette’s Personal Story
Bernadette’s Personal Story: Lots of colonoscopies Baby boomer who gets a colonoscopy exam by a specialist every 5 yrs.Last visit the specialist stated I had a torturous colon and he cannot do the colonoscopy.Even doing the 2 day prescribed prep, the doctor sent me to the near my hospital toto get an enema to make […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: “I am a healthy 56 year old man that struggled with moderate IBS for years” I am a healthy 56 year old man that struggled with moderate IBS for years – being a little kid and having to leave a baseball game and run home to having to walk off stage while […]
My Son’s Personal Story
My Son’s Personal Story: Mother and Son became a team! While the topic of IBS is rather personal in nature sharing my son’s story here is the hope it will help someone else out there so they don’t experience the same added conditions. Early symptoms were directly correlated to stressful events with a change in […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: “everything I eat or drink comes back up my mouth and my nose” Hi I’m 16 and I would like to share my story, I was born with a condition called Gastroschisis, meaning my organs were outside my body when I was born, growing up I had problems with my stomach they […]
Diane’s Personal Story
Diane’s Personal Story: Constipation Hi! My name is Diane. I just recently starting experiencing bouts of Constipation with hard stool and difficult to push out. I do poop out some; but not all the way. It still feels like there is poop inside of me that needs to come out. I’m not sure what is […]
Jessica’s Personal Story
Jessica’s Personal Story: Chronic Constipation Hello to all. I came here to find similar stories to mine, to find hope and maybe solutions for intermittent chronic constipation, as I call it. From my first memories, I recall screaming and crying because I didn’t want to do a number 2. My colon always hurt and I […]
Jim’s Personal Story
Jim’s Personal Story: Bladder and Bowel Control Loss: 20-Year Journey After a Life-Changing Fall I fell off a ladder about 25 feet up on too a concrete floor, I went to the hospital the doctors had checked me out and set me up for a MRI but couldn’t get me in right away, they put […]
Kimberly’s Personal Story
Kimberly’s Personal Story: Living with IBS-C for 20 Years Hello I am 55 and have had IBS-C for twenty years. As a child I suffered with ulcers from stress…. terrible pain. These days I’m in moderate to severe pain DAILY. I take gabapentin to take the edge off but not completely. I use distraction and […]
Anonymous personal story
Anonymous personal story with IBS-C: pain, nausea and wasn’t able to sit for long periods of time I’m pleased to be able to share my IBS-C story. I’ve read each and every one of yours and empathize with them all. Here’s mine.I’ve always been somewhat prone to constipation, but it only became a major issue […]