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? I realized that I’ve left you guys hanging on the end results of a few things I’ve told you about so today’s post is dedicated to filling you in! I’ll be writing about my wrists, sprained ankle, colonoscopy results and more. You may have noticed that I haven’t been talking too [...]

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 [...]