Stories

I had gastric sleeve surgery in 2012. After that two hiatal hernia repairs. Severe GERD. Then lost my job in 2017. I was already dealing with the loss of my...

What I would like others to know is that I didn't always have IBS, it started after taking Metformin and has not gone away since I stopped taking the medicine...

I've always had IBS since I was 12 then I got in a car accident and they removed part of my colon enlarged intestines and my pancreas was damaged so...

My IBS has been getting much worse with flare ups more often. In my 70s now and I find it hard to make plans. Last week I was going out...

Hello, my name is Laura and I have IBS. For starters, my condition does not define me. So a little bit about me is that I love being busy. This...

Hey everyone! This is Aditya from India. I am 3rd year undergrad suffering from IBS. I first felt bad in January 2016, when I had an urge to go to...

I love my personality, I love my body but I've been hating my life from the time of high school when I first had my IBS trauma. I was attending...

I'm writing this after being up for most of the night again with intense lower back pain and diarrhea. I was diagnosed with IBS-D about two years ago, but I've...

Hello. I’m new to this group and am very grateful. If I may share my story, I would love to. Over the past 39 years I have dealt with constant...

I have come here to share my experience so maybe it can help as many of you as possible. My name is Kyle and I have been living with IBS-D...

Many years ago probably back in the 1950s, I had an attack of amoebic dysentery in Mexico. A few weeks after I got back home I thought that the dysentery...

I made an account to share a cure / treatment that works! Trust me, I couldn't eat pizza, fried chicken, or cheese, to name just a few things, without needing...

I don't really know how to start this smoothly so here it is. I'm an 18 year old university student and since this summer, I've felt quite off. First it...

Greetings! I have had digestive issues on and off since I was about 30, when I was diagnosed with IBS because of severe abdominal pains. I am now 57, and...

I just got diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis last month, I started seeing a gastroenterologist two years ago. It has been frustrating and painful, physically and emotionally. I had three upper...

Wondering how many of you are able to hold down a job with IBS-D. I believe I have the worst type of job to be dealing with mine. Has anyone...

I read the story on the gallbladder discussion and there was some concern that maybe there was a link with IBS. I believe there is. My gallbladder was removed 1-1/2...

I really just need a place to vent and get this out and I figured this would be perfect. I’ve had IBS-D since I was 22. It’s been about 11...

As a teenager, I had some occasional stomach problems, but they would rarely happen often. But now I’m a woman in my mid 20’s, it turned into IBS, and it...

I have been suffering badly for the last 6 years. You name the symptom I had it, you name the drug, I tried it...blah blah blah. I don't usually post...