#malabsorption

[babyprincess101]

I feel like a lot of "health conscious" people, mainly influencers, are ableist. Like I hate how they talk about fortified foods as if vitamins are bad.

They're always like "oh just get it naturally from the earth". Well my body hates the earth and I can't absorb certain nutrients without having it supplemented in my food or taking meds.

Even my own friends are feeding into that stuff and trying to insist that the things I need to live are poison.

[giraffe-showbiz]

Shoutout to people whose bowel movements are affected by the heat. I feel like this group is underrepresented in conversations about heat intolerance because people deem it to be taboo or uncomfortable to think about. But as someone who experiences typical heat intolerance symptoms as well as an increase in malabsorption and incontinence in hot weather, I wish I had spoken up about it when I was younger. So to everyone else who deals with similar issues, I see you and you deserve to be heard.

[aelianated-star]

Hypokalemia, hypokalemia when I catch you hypokalemia.. Having to get potassium chloride replacement should be considered cruel and unusual istg

[kenyscouch]

the pains of genetically inherited diseases

so basically, i found out about 2 years ago my mom has chrons. it didn’t seem super important, cause i had no idea what it really was. basically it means your stomach can be really sensitive to certain things and can cause you to have severe stomach aches, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, etc.

Well earlier in 2022, my brother got hit with his first chrons-type reaction, and he lost a shit ton of weight (because occasionally with chrons/uc you get malabsorption where your body takes little to no nutrients from the food you eat) and he was throwing up and was really sick. that’s how he found out he had chrons.

Skipping ahead a few months, i was in italy on a trip with my family when i started to get severe stomach aches and nausea after eating meat, drinking milk, and sometimes even just plain old pasta. i was so goddamn confused. then i started to loose weight (which is weird for me because i don’t really gain or loose weight cause i’m generally fit). The stomach aches only got worse, i started throwing up after certain meals, and sometimes couldn’t eat from the fear of the pain.

that’s when everything clicked. basically, i found out i ALSO have chrons. so there are some things i can eat that won’t kill me, and others that will put me in bed for 2 days straight.

long story short, if your parents have hereditary disease, please don’t ignore the signs that you might have it as well.

also for those who might be worried about me, i’m fine, im still feeling out what i can and can’t eat (because it’s different for everyone) but generally i’m doing pretty great and am back to a normal healthy life.

[tcr55]

No dawn swimmers at Malabar’s ocean pool on a cloudy Sydney summer’s day.

[chronic-confessions]

Confession #5,376

My mom keeps making comments about my weight dropping and every time it makes me feel so inadequate. I’m trying so hard to gain weight but it’s difficult for me because I have gastric dysmotility and malabsorption... I’m putting in so much work and she doesn’t see it at all...

[colitishealingnat]