Have just been interviewed for a weekly women’s magazine, for a true-life story about IBS. It’s always good to get more about IBS in the media because a lot of people are still labouring under the false assumption that IBS is a minor inconvenience rather than something that can swallow your life whole.
After all these years, and having to explain my symptoms to countless doctors, and then my friends, and now journalists, I can pretty much talk about IBS without feeling embarrassed. Yes, it’s only taken 15 years but I can now say “constipation” with impunity.
Now if we could only stop people developing this damaging, useless, soul-destroying shame about their bowels in the first place we’d really be making some progress. And the only way to do that is to TALK about your symptoms – to anyone who will listen.
Say it long, say it loud; I’m constipated and proud.
