Thea’s Personal Story
Thea’s Personal Story: GERD I was in highschool since my acid reflux started. It makes me sad that i couldnt eat foods that i want. Then one day i have experience stomachache, heartburn and i feel like something is stuck in my throat. I couldnt eat properly,I am really suffering with this kind of illness. […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Coping with Chronic Constipation at 13 I am 13 years old and i have been dealing with severe, chronic constipation my entire life. My constipation was pretty bad when I was younger, considering I was young and didn’t really know what was going on with me. By the time I was 10 […]
Weston’s Personal Story
Weston’s Personal Story: A Child’s Journey with Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders My five year old son Weston has struggled with gastrointestinal symptoms since he was born in 2010. These symptoms began as vomiting, diarrhea, failure to thrive, malabsorption syndrome, and acid reflux. The doctors first suggested that we eliminate certain foods in my diet because I was […]
Sophia’s Personal Story
Sophia’s Personal Story: Her Battle with Ileal Atresia and Pseudo-Obstruction Sophia Grace Dummer was born on May 20, 2011 at 7:00 AM, at 32 weeks gestation. She was baby B in a set of triplets. At 2 days old she was diagnosed with Ileal Atresia and had her first surgery. We were then told that […]
Jovaan’s Personal Story
Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]
Gabriel’s Personal Story
Gabriel’s Personal Story: Hirschsprung’s Disease My nephew, Gabriel, who is now 6 years old, was diagnosed with Hirschprung’s disease when he was born. Only three days after he was born doctors had to perform an emergency descending colostomy because of the magnitude of his obstruction. Everything went wrong from there. We live in Colombia, South […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story- “I remember screaming whenever I had a bowel movement” Hello – I had an umbilical hernia repaired at age 5. I remember having constipation issues my entire life, and remember screaming whenever I had a bowel movement. My mother’s sister had a twisted intestine at age 22 and died during surgery while […]
