tmholland

In the quest for some relief from IBS symptoms, I think we’ll all agree that we will try almost anything. After trying a variety of medications, different types of doctors...

IBS is "just IBS" right? If we are to believe everything we’re told, the jokes on TV, the snide comments from relatives, the whole thing. I would like to talk...

I will begin by saying I am NOT a doctor. I can only make observations about my experience with IBS and share with you. Sharing our lived experiences can be...

I have struggled with back problems for a very long time. Basically, a combination of sports-related injury in my "early years" (lol) and just plain getting older. IBS provides several...

Over the many years of struggling with IBS, I’ve dealt with so many iterations of the illness that it becomes a series of adjusting and re-adjusting to whatever ‘mode’ IBS...

Someone asked me how I was doing managing my IBS these days. I had to think about my answer for the first time in a long time. Since the deepest...

I’ve been writing for this site since 2016 and have written probably close to 300 articles, running (what I thought) was the gamut of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) related subjects...

Struggle, struggle, not so bad...pretty good. I feel great! Struggle, struggle, not so bad...I think you get the idea. This is the cycle that I feel like I go through...

I am not someone that needs my doctor to have perfect bedside manner. Some of my best doctors have been a bit on the serious side, but have provided excellent...

My last article focused on the fact that I experienced a long period without IBS symptoms (more than a year!) Unfortunately, it returned just as fast as it had gone...

I’ve been writing for IrritableBowelSyndrome.com for a little more than 6 years and have written several hundred articles. What I would like to establish here is that while the themes...

I am not someone who gets angry quickly. I take great pride in that. My rope is very, very long. Interestingly enough, what tends to make me get the angriest...

It's been over a year since I wrote my last article for IrritableBowelSyndrome.net. I'm happy to be back, but also not so much. I hadn't written anything because it had...

I have always hated taking pills. Even when I was little, I avoided taking aspirin or all-in-one cold relievers like the plague, spitting them out after my mother had given...

Throughout my time contributing to IrritableBowelSyndrome.net, many people have shared their trials and tribulations dealing with IBS and raising children. How do you explain that you are sick a lot...

As many things as we all rely on to get us through IBS, there are a few that are always going to come first on the list of "most important."...

My God, is it Hell getting old. During my long period of isolation, I did have several bouts of IBS trouble, but honestly, for the most part, it was the...

I would love to run a poll on this one. For those of us with IBS and are dating, would you be relieved or terrified if your partner told you...

All flare days are not created equally, at least not for me. They can range from slightly annoying to, “I do believe I’m going to die today.” :-) We all...

I have always been interested in the topic of healthful sleep with regards to my struggles to manage my IBS. I was diagnosed with IBS about 5 years ago. My...