My IBS is Gone – Goodbye IBS!My IBS is gone and it looks like it’s gone for good! I feel incredibly lucky and privileged that I no longer...reactions8comments
Potential Topical Treatments for IBSAs I've been writing a lot about lately, I've been waking up at strange hours of the night, with really bad abdominal...reactions2comments
Medical Cannabis for IBS Symptom ReliefI’ll be honest with you folks, if it weren’t for medical cannabis, I don’t know how I would be able to function...reactions1comment
The New YouI fear change. Some folks embrace and some actually thrive on it. But, when it comes to changing what may seem like...reactionscomments
Food is Not the Enemy: Part IIBS often makes us experiment with recipes. We avoid dairy, grains, seeds, fruit – anything we think might be causing discomfort. But...reactionscomments
My Pain is My FuelI have been living with irritable bowel syndrome for over eight years now, and the first few years were torturous. I didn’t...reactions2comments
IBS EducationRecently, I have spent a lot of time going over the website that is IrritableBowelSyndrome.net. I have been a contributor here for...reactionscomments
The Connection Between POTS and IBSIn addition to having IBS, I also have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which is a connective tissue disease. I've already written about the potential...reactionscomments
Vitamin D for You and for MeA couple of years ago, when I was particularly unhealthy, my doctor told me I had a vitamin D deficiency. Somehow, I’m...reactionscomments
How to Meal Plan on the Low FODMAP DietDid you know that we spend an average of 120 minutes of our time at the grocery store each week? Yes, that’s...reactions4comments
I Have No Choice But to Keep Pushing (No Pun Intended)Pushing – in almost every sense of the word, has become a big part of my life ever since I got irritable...reactions2comments
How Well Do You Cope with Coping?Last year, Health Union’s IBS In America 2018 surveyed about 1,500 people like you and me, individuals living with IBS, to better...reactionscomments
The Invisible WarI thought I might say a word or two about the ‘invisible’ nature of IBS. We ‘just’ have IBS, right? The stigma...reactionscomments
Eating Green While Managing Your IBSI have been (mostly) vegetarian for over 25 years now, ever since I was a sophomore in high school. When I began...reactionscomments
The Role of Tryptophan in IBSI've been writing a lot lately about the brain-gut axis, and the role the brain can play in IBS. More specifically, I...reactionscomments
Depression and IBSI've seen a lot written (and have written posts and articles myself) about the potential connection between stress and anxiety and IBS...reactions2comments
Parenting a Child with IBS: How to HelpAfter living with IBS for more than 25 years, I like to think that I’ve dealt with my fair share of pain...reactions1comment
5 Comforting Phrases I Want to Hear When I’m Mid-IBS FlareIf you don’t have IBS it can be tricky to know how to help your friend or family member when they’re frustrated...reactions4comments
What is an Endoscopy?Many (if not most) IBS patients usually come to their diagnoses as a process of elimination when doctors screen out for other...reactions1comment
Life After Low FODMAPThe efficacy of the Low FODMAP regimen in clinical studies has ranged from 40–75% in IBS patients. This is a wide range...reactions1comment
