For years, my stomach was a battlefield. Every meal felt like a gamble I never knew whether it would end in sharp acidity, embarrassing gas, or painful bloating that made me look pregnant even when I wasn’t.
I tried everything people suggested: skipping certain foods, drinking lemon water, taking antacids, avoiding meat, eating late, eating early nothing seemed to work. The more I tried, the worse it got. My self-esteem dropped, I feared eating in public, and intimacy with my husband suffered because I was always uncomfortable.…CONTINUE READING