Joan’s Personal Story
Joan’s Personal Story: Decades of Digestive Struggles, From Constipation to Suspected SIBO Back in the late 60s I was having UTI infections that required antibiotics, no one was talking about Candida or other Intestinal bacterial overgrowth in the Gut. I never got a good explanation of why these infections kept getting worse. Later I took […]
Becca’s Personal Story
Becca’s Personal Story: Managing Ulcerative Colitis and Facing Flare-Ups I was diagnosed with UC when I was 13. Painful Cramps , Bloody stools. Hospitalized for 13 days, received blood, lost weight. I’m 49 and still living with but went in remission meany times, for years. I haven’t seen a Dr since 22yrs old. Just a […]
Jan’s Personal Story
Jan’s Personal Story: Suffering with Chronic Constipation Have suffered with chronic constipation my whole life.. I am 68 years old. I have tried linzess which worked for about 1 year and now stopped working .. have tried montegrity and trulance and amitza… nothing!!I don’t know what else to do.. have started drinking high fiber powder […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Gastroparesis and Ongoing Health Challenges I’m 53 years old and was disgnoised with Cardiac Sarcoidosis in 2019. I had a ICD device implanted December of that same year. I had been battling chest pains since 2015, and received conflicting medical disgnoises as to if I had heart attact in 2016, although two […]
Allison’s Personal Story
Allison’s Personal Story: Severe Regurgitation and GERD I have severe regurgitation. I had to get an endoscopy done last year and I found out I have an open valve in my chest which means my food doesn’t digest properly and I’m stuck with throwing it back up everytime I eat/drink. It was manageable for my […]
Judith’s Personal Story
Judith’s Personal Story: GERD and LPR Starting as a teenager, through my life, chronic heartburn and chronic broncitis. At age 65, started coughing and clearing my throat, non-stop. Many G.P’s, E.N.T, Pulmonary, Heart, Allery, Thyroid specialists later. This took about five years, No one gave me an answer! I thought of a Gastro doctor in […]
Mandy’s Personal Story
Mandy’s Personal Story: IBS, GERD, and the Impact of Chronic Illness Hey Guys!At the age of 19 I developed IBS , which was extremely severe for many years. I was then advised to have a hysterectomy by a dr ( as I already had the children I wanted ) this helped a lot. But then […]
Sarah’s Personal Story
Sarah’s Personal Story: “Please help or advice welcome” The last 2 months have been horrible. Very much a rollercoaster ride. Doctors don’t know what’s going on. 2 months ago I fell ill with what I thought was a gastro bug. Symptoms were lethargy, stomach cramps, constant nausea, occasional diarrhea, loss of appetite and weakness. I went […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: “living with chronic constipation” My story of living with chronic constipation: I’d been healthy my whole life and never experienced any gastrointestinal issues until I was 16. Things started to slow down quite a bit in my digestive system. I would go up to a week and a half without […]
Bandhu’s Personal Story
Bandhu’s Personal Story: IBS-D Hi there,Thank you for reading this. I’m so grateful that there is such community where I can share my story and ask for help. I’m 29 male 6’2”, My IBS-D started 6 years ago but at that time did not knew what it was. One day I felt abdominal cramps and had diarrhea. For […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Seeking Advice for Constipation hi, alll my life ive had good health and was able to go to the bathroom completely fine no problems, over a year ago i suddenly got really bad constipation, but it wasnt for a few weeks or months its all the time! My body just doesnt feel […]
Hank’s Personal Story
Hank’s Personal Story: “I have had GERD most of my adult life” Hello… My name is Hank, I just turned 69, I have had heartburn/Acid Reflux/Gerd most of my adult life. I would wake some nights when acid would reflux into my esophagus and go into my lungs. At times I could not even breathe […]
