I recently learned about Ally’s Law (also called The Restroom Access Act) and I wish I had known about it sooner! This law was developed by a 15-year-old patient with Crohn’s disease, Ally Bain. She was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 11 and at age 14, Ally experienced a Crohn’s flare up in a [...]

One of the highlights of my December was finding out about the University of North Carolina Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders’ montly Evening with the Experts. The December chat was presented by Olafur S. Palsson, PsyD and was on the many non-gastrointestinal symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and their effects. At five [...]

What is Fibro Feelings? This week has FLOWN by! I met my new Gastrointerologist during a consultation appointment and got a colonoscopy the next day. I really like my Gastrointerologist, both medically and personally. Now I’m kind of glad my old GI doc left! Hehe. When I told him that I was taking Align probiotic [...]

You’ve probably all seen commercials about yogurt with probiotcs helping to regulate your digestive system. Years ago my Gastroenterologist didn’t think I needed to take probiotics supplement pills for my IBS, but I’ve heard from many people with IBS that think taking them have improved their IBS symptoms. I decided to do a little research [...]