CYNTHIA’S PERSONAL STORY
I am 28 years old and I have been living with IBS for over 10 years. It has not been easy and finding a good diet is the one main thing I struggle with because I love food. Over the past year everything seemed great until a month ago, I recently started to feel sick […]
FERNANDO’S PERSONAL STORY
I have something similar to gastroparesis, its called funcional dyspepsia. It is functional because in the laboratory exams, doctors didn’t find anything organic. Functional dyspepsia is very similar to gastroparesis. I can’t digest food well, as soon as I am done eating, I feel very full, and it last for hours, literally hours. It is […]
JABRIA’S PERSONAL STORY
I was strolling on the internet one night. Looking for home remedies for GERD & gastritis. I have suffered from acid reflux as a child. Also some cases of gastritis. About a year ago i was diagnosed with GERD. They prescribed me pantropozole. If anyone knows this medication. It is great! Everything was great! I […]
JOHN F. PERSONAL STORY
About five or six years ago, I developed a small tickle in my throat. I thought it was from jogging daily in a city with pollution. But it persisted even after I’d switched to indoor exercise. And then, I can’t recall exactly when, there were two remarkable incidents. The first was at a conference where […]
ANONYMOUS’ PERSONAL STORY
I’ve never been diagnosed with GERD, but I suspect I may have it. My main symptoms are nausea, painful swallowing, cough and regurgitation. My mom said that I looked like I was about to hurl. And when I would go to the bathroom to throw up, I would have a big burp. I would like […]
GIRAFFE’S PERSONAL STORY
When I was 14, in June, I had severe pain in my pelvic area and thought I was dying. I couldn’t stop sobbing and my parents took me to the ER to see what was going on. They found some evidence of a cyst rupturing but later found out that wasn’t what happened. After that […]
SARAH’S PERSONAL STORY
It all started back in January of 2017. I changed my diet a bit, and decided to start eating more salads. On this particular day, within 30 of consuming the food, I was sprinting to the restroom with horrible diarrhea and burning abdominal pain. Thinking it was unrelated to the salad, the same situation played […]
NATALIE’S PERSONAL STORY
About 11 years ago I was diagnosed with POTS. It took 6 months and 6 doctors to discount my symptoms completely. From the beginning my sudden issues were blamed on stress and anxiety by just about everyone. My immediate family. My friends. My trauma surgeon father in law who said my problems were above his […]
HEATHER’S PERSONAL STORY
Im 23 and was diagnosed with GERD a few years ago but have experienced symptoms for over a decade now. I basically cant keep any food or drink down.It got to the point where i just stopped eating when i was about 13 because i was so tired of regurgitating everything. i ended up severely […]
JESSY’S PERSONAL STORY
Some of you might recognize my name from TV or from my social media presence. I am Jessy Taylor, I am a musican, actress, and social media influencer. I am 24 years old, and I recently got diagnosed with GERD. The disease has made my life change an entire 360. I am currently trying to […]
MATTHEW’S PERSONAL STORY
Hello, my name is Matthew. I am 20 years old and currently a third year college student. Like so many stories on here, the initial onset of GERD felt like a heart attack. It all started on January 4th of this year (2022) while I was in New York for winter break. After enjoying some […]
ALICIA’S PERSONAL STORY
I really feel like I’m living in a really bad nightmare every single day. I’ve been dealing with all this going on six months now. It starts the minute I roll out of bed in the morning. My whole upper body hurts so bad including my neck, back, shoulders, and arms. My chest and stomach […]