Anonymous Everyday Pain’s Personal Story
Anonymous Everyday Pain’s Personal Story: Desperately Seeking Answers for Severe Gas and IBS-C Hi, I have been dealing with gastrointestinal issues since I was 12 years old. I am now 25 and every year my issue seems to get worse and worse. I am now in pain and uncomfortable every day. It all began in […]
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 […]
Aili’s Personal Story
Aili’s Personal Story: Seeking Advice for Potential IBS Hello! I’m somewhat new here, but here we go. Ever since I was 4 (I’m 16 now) I have been dealing with what I believe is IBS. Each morning, I awake feeling nauseous. This nausea usually lasts for several hours, sometimes the whole day. This is […]
Beau’s Personal Story
Beau’s Personal Story: GERD I have been dealing with gastrointestinal issues for nearly a year now after having the stomach flu in November 2016. My symptoms were often upper and lower GI- constant diarrhea, stomach pain after eating, constant acid reflux, awful nausea, headaches, vomiting. April 2017 I took a turn for the worse and […]
Beau Mason’s Personal Story
Beau Mason’s Personal Story: Chronic Gastritis, Acid Reflux, and Persistent GI Symptoms I am a 20 year old college student living in Iowa. In November of 2016, I got sick with the stomach flu. Since then, things deteriorated gastrointestinally. In December I was still having diarrhea and constant nausea, and so my family physician prescribed […]
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 […]
Megan’s Personal Story
Megan’s Personal Story: Searching for Answers to Persistent GI Symptoms as a Young Adult Hello, I am an 18 year old female who has been experiencing gastrointestinal disorder like sysmptoms for almost a year now, and am still on my journey to finding both answers and solutions. Throughout the beginning of 2016, I experienced […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Seeking Answers – Lump in Throat, Heartburn, Breathing Issues My problem started about 2 1/2 years ago. I was at work and started feeling like I had a lump in my throat and could not breath. I also always feel bloated and have heartburn. (All tests for Peptic Ulcer, GERD negative) Sometimes […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: A Lifetime Battle with Intestinal Obstructions and Pseudo-Obstruction I was born with my problems. Doctors wanted to give me a colostomy at birth. My parents said no. I had chronic pain always. Sometimes I could eat, and sometimes I couldn’t. I never had normal bowel movements. When I was able to go, […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Unexplained GI Bleeds, Obstructions, and Ongoing IBS Symptoms I am a 27-year-old female. My problems began ten years ago. When I was 17, I had a bowel obstruction. This seemed to happen out of nowhere, and I don’t remember having symptoms prior to this. I had no idea what was happening to […]
Allison’s Personal Story
Allison’s Personal Story: stories about constipation I never thought I would consider going onto google and typing in: “stories about constipation“, reading about these stories, and then feeling inclined to post my own. And yet, here I am. This topic is taboo for our culture, and after reading some of the other stories, this needs […]
ANONYMOUS BARBARA’S PERSONAL STORY
I have dealt with constipations as long as I can remember. I am now 65 in good health apart from the fact that now I have diarrhea that can happen anytime anywhere. My husband and I moved to OK 1 year ago from CA. 2 months ago I was in a Belk Department store looking […]