How Accepting My IBS-C Diagnosis Helped Me Lose Weight and Feel BetterMy IBS-C diagnosis wasn’t exactly fraught with drama or high emotion. The earliest symptoms caused confusion, a kind of mini-shock that stopped me in my tracks when a thing I’d...reactions4comments
Why and How I Mistreat My IBSI have IBS with constipation. I also have multiple sclerosis (MS). You would think that the focus of my energies would be on managing MS, the more serious condition of...reactions14comments
My Inner IBS Ninja Strikes AgainIt’s been less than a year since I was diagnosed with IBS-C and I’m still learning about this blasted thing. I could easily make excuses for that. I have multiple...reactionscomments
If Your Brain Were in Your Gut, What Would It Be Thinking?My gut is telling me this is a trick question, and it’s right on. Actually, we do have a brain in our guts. But it’s not a thinking, conscious, decision-making...reactionscomments
What I Ate For Thanksgiving and What I'll Eat on Christmas Eve Because of ItWhen I thought about what I stuffed down my pie hole last month, I had kind of a weird feeling about writing this article. Weird in an embarrassing, self-conscious way...reactionscomments
Let's Talk About ConstipationI’m a recent victim—wait, that makes me sound like an autopsy corpse—make that “lucky winner” of a diagnosis of IBS with constipation. In the gastric version of “Let’s Make a...reactions2comments
Diagnosis: FrustrationI was diagnosed with IBS in the summer of 2016, but my symptoms started way back in 2011—and it seemed to happen all of a sudden. Not just one symptom...reactionscomments
By the Numbers and the Narratives: The Language of PainFor mainstream healthcare professionals, pain assessment has become a numbers game. Not in the sense of your grandma playing the numbers in an illegal lottery--but in a simple 1-10 self-assessment...reactionscomments
