My Unrequited Love for Red Meat...It's my birthday and my partner is treating me to a lovely brunch. Our meals were amazing and we are longingly gazing...reactionscomments
IBS and Ice Cream...About 15 years ago, when I was interning at an environmental office in Washington, DC, my fellow interns and I all went...reactions23comments
Swim Your Tummy Troubles Away...When those of us with IBS think about swimming, some negative images come to mind: cramping, bowel flare-ups, bathing suit blunders... Ultimately...reactions2comments
Why I’m Afraid of Getting Another Colonoscopy...A friend of mine just had a routine colonoscopy and got me thinking about how much I dread having one again. I...reactions6comments
Relieving IBS Pain: The Power of Music...While music is not actually a pain reliever, it is a distraction from the pain. The distraction often provides a decent bit...reactions2comments
Why I Take Magnesium and Vitamin C to Help Treat Constipation...As I wrote in the past, I have had IBS for more than two decades, starting in my junior year of college...reactions13comments
Tiziana Boaro...Tiziana Boaro, 32, has been diagnosed with IBS in July 2021. After a year and a half of struggling with severe abdominal...
How Was Your Gut Health Before IBS?...I’m wondering: how was your gut health before IBS? Were you able to eat anything and everything? Or was your digestive system...reactions4comments
Mara Bosloy...Mara Bosloy first noticed digestive issues at age 10 when the salmon she had at dinner in Disney World gave her quite...
IBS D/C and Stress...Stress is my IBS trigger. About 5 years ago I started to have problems with indigestion. At first it was about once...reactions5comments
Missing Out...Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to throw in the towel and give up? I think...reactions5comments
IBS: The Effect of Drastic Diet Changes...I have IBS-M, and my flares flip-flop back and forth from one extreme to the other on a fairly regular basis. There...reactions4comments
IBS-D Symptoms, Ranked...Having IBS-D provides me with a variety of symptoms. Some are merely a nuisance; others make life feel impossible at times. Lately...reactions9comments
Not Letting IBS Win This Holiday Season...Holidays in the south consist of families getting together, visiting, and eating. For those of us with IBS, that means awkwardness, worrying...reactionscomments
IBS Symptoms and Religious Fasting...September 15, 2021 marked the start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which requires fasting (no eating or drinking or...reactions5comments
IBS in Stressful Situations...I’ve been through a certain number of stressful situations lately. Between emergency room visits with my son and my partner having a...reactionscomments
Arthritis and IBS...My God, is it Hell getting old. During my long period of isolation, I did have several bouts of IBS trouble, but...reactions2comments
Telehealth Visits Helped Ease My Anxiety...When COVID began shutting down our town, one of the first things the healthcare system I worked for implemented was telehealth appointments...reactions6comments
Gallbladder Removal...While pregnant with my daughter, I thought that I finally had figured out this IBS thing. I stopped having diarrhea. Still dealt...reactions2comments
IBS Icebreakers...Reentering a social life, in a new city, has come with a mired of challenges. There were certain things you could rely...reactions2comments
