ibs tales - personal stories of ibs
IBS Tales is run by Sophie Lee who has had IBS for 20 years and lives in England. More info about me.
IBS Tales is a site for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers to share their stories. Symptoms of IBS include diarrhea, constipation, and stomach pain. For more information read the Introduction to IBS or the Frequently Asked Questions.
On this site you will find:
- my own IBS blog
- stories from hundreds of IBS sufferers, including Sad tales, Happy tales, and Embarrassing tales
- articles on IBS symptoms, IBS diagnosis and IBS treatment, in the About IBS section
- details of popular IBS supplements and products in the treatment section.
what's new?
8 March 2010
There's an update from Katheryn in the women and constipation section.
27 February 2010
Read a new sad tale from Sylvia in the women and diarrhea section.
20 February 2010
There's a new sad tale from Wendy in the women and constipation section.
I've changed the name of the self-help section to Treatment, and I will be adding new pages to this section giving basic information on a range of IBS treatments and products. To start I've added pages for Miralax, Dulcolax, Librax and Metamucil.
15 February 2010
Read a happy tale from Spike in the men and diarrhea section, a new happy tale from Susan in the women and diarrhea section, and new sad tales from Nikki and Katheryn in the women and constipation section.
9 February 2010
There's a new sad story from Rachel in the constipation section.
2 February 2010
Read a new story from Emma in the IBS and pregnancy section.
16 January 2010
There's a new happy tale from Jeff in the men and constipation section, and a sad tale from Amy in the teenagers and diarrhea section.
10 January 2010
Read a new happy tale from Deepak in the men and diarrhea section and a new sad story from Jessica in the women and diarrhea section.
2 January 2010
There's a new happy tale from Helen in the women and diarrhea section and Maura has sent in an update for her sad tale in the women and diarrhea section.
14 December 2009
Read a happy update from Jo in the women and constipation section.
12 December 2009
There's a new happy tale from Deborah in the women and diarrhea section.
9 December 2009
Read a new sad tale from Maura in the women and diarrhea section.
6 December 2009
There's a new sad tale from Barbara in the women and diarrhea section and a sad tale from Neil in the men and diarrhea section.
24 November 2009
Read a new happy tale from Carol in the women and diarrhea section and a sad tale from Sherry in the women and constipation section.
11 November 2009
There's a new sad tale from Anon in the women and diarrhea section.
6 November 2009
Read a new sad tale from Rebecca in the women and constipation section and two other sad tales from Kelly and Chloe in the women and diarrhea section.
5 November 2009
There's a new happy tale from Laura in the women and diarrhea section and a sad tale from Michelle in the women and constipation section.
19 October 2009
Read a new happy tale from Linda in the women and diarrhea section and an update on Joy's story, also in the women and diarrhea section.
18 October 2009
There's a very happy update from David in the men and diarrhea section (it's in the sad tale section with his update added underneath - just to show that sad tales do often turn out to have happy endings!).
13 October 2009
Read a new sad tale from Meg in the women and diarrhea section.
9 October 2009
There's a very happy update from S in the women and diarrhea section.
6 October 2009
Read a new happy tale from B in the women and diarrhea section.
15 September 2009
There's a new sad tale from Alexis in the women and constipation section.
5 September 2009
There's a new sad tale from Jay in the women and diarrhea section.
5 September 2009
Read new happy tales from Laura and Mandy in the women and diarrhea section, a sad tale from Cindy in the women and diarrhea section and an update from Carole also in the women and diarrhea section.
29 August 2009
There's a new sad tale from Beth in the women and constipation section and a new story from Rachel in the IBS and pregnancy section.
25 August 2009
Read a new happy tale from Gary in the men and diarrhea section.
23 August 2009
There's a new happy tale from Kristi in the women and constipation section.
8 August 2009
Read an update from Rebecca on her happy tale in the women and constipation section, a new sad tale from Dale in the women and diarrhea section, a sad tale from Timothy in the men and diarrhea section, a happy tale from S in the women and diarrhea section, and a final sad tale from Kelsey in the teenagers and constipation section.
3 August 2009
There's a new sad tale from Katie in the teenagers and diarrhea section.
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