abdominal pain
A collection of 5 issues
When Your Gut Doesn’t Feel Like Yours Anymore
Understanding IBS after colon cancer surgery — and what to do about it If your bowel habits have completely changed since your colon cancer surgery, you’re not imagining it. You’re not overreacting. And you are not alone. The urgency. The cramping that wakes you at 3am. The way you
When Stress Breaks Down Your Gut — And Your Mood Pays the Price
Most of us have felt it: a stressful week that brings on a stomachache, a bout of anxiety that makes eating feel impossible, or a prolonged, difficult period that somehow leaves us both emotionally drained and digestively wrecked. We tend to dismiss these as coincidences—stress affects the mind, and
When Tests Are Normal, but Symptoms Aren’t...
I've been seeing so much frustration out there lately on how gaslit patients feel when the medical system doesn't reflect what they're feeling. Often, people feel that seeing a psychiatrist means "giving up" or that their medical team doesn't believe
Why Chronic Abdominal Pain Persists—Even When Your Tests Are “Normal”
The experience of chronic pain is incredibly overwhelming and exhausting. When you go to the doctor and hear, “Great news! Your labs are normal.” Empty reassurances about it being just stress or not “seeing inflammation.” It’s very human to interpret these messages as “it’s in your head.” In