I’ve suffered from Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) for 10 years; I talk about it here. For 9 of those 10 years, I had no diagnosis and no healing plan. I tried more ill-informed treatments that you can shake a stick at, many of them making my condition worse. Basically, I spiraled the drain for 9 years. I lost hope.

My bloating was blamed on everything from uterine fibroids to dead nerve endings in my colon. I became so frustrated that I’d go for YEARS without even trying to treat my unnamed illness. I’d turned over every stone, or so I believed. For the love, I can’t live off of chicken for the rest of my life. Continue reading →