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My diet has been fairly severely restricted for over 5 weeks now. I went from a liquid diet to a soft food diet and am stuck on still mostly soft...

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...

Do you struggle with both GERD and IBS? It may feel when they both strike you're dealing with every letter of the alphabet, but this double manifestation is not uncommon...

My relationship with food has evolved over the years. What started out as a loving dynamic between 2 star-crossed lovers, had devolved into an anxiety-ridden butt war where I often...

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."...

While music is not actually a pain reliever, it is a distraction from the pain. The distraction often provides a decent bit of relief for me because it allows me...

As I wrote in the past, I have had IBS for more than two decades, starting in my junior year of college. In that time, I have experienced both ends...

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...

I’m wondering: how was your gut health before IBS? Were you able to eat anything and everything? Or was your digestive system always a problem for you? My gut health...

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...

I have IBS-M, and my flares flip-flop back and forth from one extreme to the other on a fairly regular basis. There is no normal for me. It is an...

Having IBS-D provides me with a variety of symptoms. Some are merely a nuisance; others make life feel impossible at times. Lately, I’ve been experiencing some new forms of IBS...

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...

September 15, 2021 marked the start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which requires fasting (no eating or drinking or consuming anything of any kind), for those that...

I’ve been through a certain number of stressful situations lately. Between emergency room visits with my son and my partner having a motorcycle accident, we’ve had our fair share of...

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...

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...

The story of gluten and I is one of unrequited love. I love foods containing gluten: cakes, pasta, bread… However, gluten doesn’t love me back. It always finds new ways...

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...

Reentering a social life, in a new city, has come with a mired of challenges. There were certain things you could rely on in your neighborhood, or with your friends...