Category Archives: Guest Posts

Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Navigating IBS and a Hypersensitive Body 

by Lindsey Wondolleck IBS Impact welcomes a guest poster this week. Lindsey Wondolleck lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, two young children, and their German Shepherd and cat. She has a degree in nutrition but is currently working in the insurance industry because it is a more flexible job that’s remote and can …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: A Bit of Hope

IBS Impact welcomes a new guest blogger this week. Billy Robinson lives in the UK and has suffered with IBS since he was a teenager. Now in his 30s, Billy has received treatment for IBS in the UK, Europe & Australia. Billy has learned to embrace being stuck a home with IBS, by enjoying hobbies …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: My Perceptions and Tips On Being a Supportive Spouse

IBS Impact welcomes another guest blogger this week. Jake S. lives in the United States with his wife, who has IBS. He is an engineer and an outdoors enthusiast. He also loves smoking low FODMAP meals with her, as well as hiking and camping. He wrote this article especially for IBS Impact. We appreciate his …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Making Sense of Unsupportive Family and Friends and Finding Supportive Others

IBS Impact welcomes a guest poster this week. Megan S. lives in the United States with her husband. She is currently a PhD candidate in sociology and working towards the completion of her dissertation. When not focused on her research, teaching college courses, or finding camaraderie in the IBS Support (Official) Facebook group, she enjoys …

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Guest Post From a Parent for IBS Awareness Month: An Emotional Journey

IBS Impact is pleased to welcome another guest poster for IBS Awareness Month. Kathryn lives in the United States with her husband and two sons. She has a bachelor’s of science degree in psychology which included research studies in child development and group therapy. In the years since her son’s IBS diagnosis, she has invested …

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Guest Post From a Teen for IBS Awareness Month: I Am No Longer the Lost Boy

IBS Impact is pleased to welcome a new guest poster this week for IBS Awareness Month. Brayden A., a 17-year old male, was diagnosed with IBS 3 years ago. He lives in the eastern United States with his parents, brother, and golden retriever, who all hate to see him suffer. He is working to manage …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Living With IBS

IBS Impact is pleased to welcome a guest post for IBS Awareness Month. Feivel Cohen has IBS and intellectual disabilities and lives and works in Maryland (USA). He wrote this article himself especially for IBS Impact. To respect his real voice as a self-advocate, we have intentionally not edited his own choice of words and …

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Guest Post From Australia For IBS Awareness Month: IBS- A Personal and Professional Journey

IBS Impact is pleased this week to welcome guest blogger Joanna Baker, APD, RN from Melbourne, Australia to share her personal and professional experiences as a person with IBS and a professional in the field for IBS Awareness Month 2019. We thank her for her time and insights. Joanna is a foodie, a dietitian and …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Looking Back and Paying It Forward: A Life with IBS

IBS Impact is pleased to welcome another guest post for IBS Awareness Month. Jeni Skukowski has IBS and lives in the state of Connecticut in the USA. She works as a Registered Dietitian and is a volunteer co-administrator for the international, science based Facebook IBS support group IBS Support (Official). We appreciate her time and …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Navigating the UK National Health Service for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

IBS Impact is pleased to welcome a guest blogger this week for IBS Awareness Month.  Julie Thompson, RD, known on social media as Jules_GastroRD, is a UK state registered dietitian specializing in IBS and other gastrointestinal conditions. She runs the Calm Gut Clinic in Lancashire, is an advisor to the IBS Network, the UK’s national …

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