Shannon Grantham

Anxiety and depression are 2 words I tried not to say or think about for years. I felt if I was depressed or had anxiety, I was doing something wrong...

I grew up in a tiny town in southwest Tennessee with a population of roughly 300 people. I am related to most of those people. I only went to 2...

One year ago, I became a contributor to Health Union. I'm going to be honest, and tell you this was one of the scariest things I have ever done in...

With the new year quickly approaching, I am starting to see people's goals they are setting for the new year. I'm not going to lie. I am one of those...

Something I feel doesn't get talked about enough is mental health and the effects IBS can have on it. For years I kept in everything. We didn't really talk about...

Once I hit adulthood and had a child of my own, I realized the importance of advocating for others. Whether that is me being her advocate when a bully at...

Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to throw in the towel and give up? I think we all have. There are times when no...

Holidays in the south consist of families getting together, visiting, and eating. For those of us with IBS, that means awkwardness, worrying about making it to the bathroom, and not...

When COVID began shutting down our town, one of the first things the healthcare system I worked for implemented was telehealth appointments for those who didn’t have to be seen...

While pregnant with my daughter, I thought that I finally had figured out this IBS thing. I stopped having diarrhea. Still dealt with some of the other symptoms but those...

At 19, I decided to be a rebel and moved. I didn’t tell my family or friends. Of course, like most teenagers, I thought I knew everything, and no one...

As a child growing up with undiagnosed IBS-D and knowing something just isn’t right can be a burden. For me, it was just how life was. Once I became an...

(Looking for Part 1?) Fast forward a few years, into the middle of a pandemic, I left the job that I had loved so much (I delved into this more...

Through my working years (outside of my home) I was always known as the dependable one. My bosses knew they could count on me to be at work at least...

Making a decision to leave your job you love and move 6 hours back to "home" was one of the hardest decisions I have made. COVID, not only scared me...

"New normal" comes to mind a lot right now when people talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. It has changed our lives in crazy ways. Mask mandates, losing loved ones, and...

I never shared my struggle with IBS with even my closest friends until the last few years. I am sure I am not alone in this. I feel we tend...

For someone who has this issue, you already feel different. You see the looks you get when you have to run to the bathroom. You feel the stares as you...

Over the years I have spent countless hours trying to find which foods trigger IBS for me. More often than not this caused me more stress than it did help...

My teenage years were rough. Having an invisible illness that never goes always is always hard on adults. Having one you didn't have a name to put with it as...