The dreaded day when my whole life changed....

Growing up, I was always the kid that was getting sick, but nothing was ever medically detectable. I would miss countless days of school, but nothing was ever discovered. I often had pains in my stomach, pains after I would eat, and overall body pains. I was very active in sports, so I would attribute my body pain to that. The issues I had while I was eating was not ALL the time, and I would have long stretches where I did not have any issues.

Fast forward into my early twenties, and those pains seemed to come around more often, and last longer, but no GI specialists could see anything wrong through countless tests. Every doctor would either say that I had IBS or an Eating Disorder. I would end up in the ER, given fluids, told I have an eating disorder, and sent home more times than I could ever count. My chart SCREAMS EATING DISORDER. This entire time, no one believed me, I WANTED to eat, but I couldn't. I would drop tons of weight, because eating would make me so sick, that I physically couldn't force myself to eat. The cycle continued for YEARS. I would change GI doctors hoping they would believe me, and the results were always the same, I had IBS and an eating disorder in their professional opinion.

Fast Forward into my late 20's, it was 2020, I had just gotten married in October of 2020. It was Christmas Day and everything was going so perfect (besides Covid 19). The kids were opening their presents, I was opening my gifts from my new husband. We had recently gotten back from our honeymoon. It seemed like my childhood dreams were finally coming true....until it was time to eat Christmas Dinner....