What Really Cured My IBS (And Why No Doctor Ever Explained It)
- Dr. Su
- Feb 13
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 29
Spoiler Alert: Medical School Cured My IBS (not for the reason you think)— And I’m Here to Show You How to Heal Too
If you’ve ever lived with chronic abdominal pain, IBS, fibromyalgia, or symptoms no doctor can explain, this story is for you.
And yes, medical school cured my IBS, but not for the reason you think.
The truth is: you don’t need a medical degree to heal.
You just need the one lesson I learned that changed everything.
The Moment Everything Clicked in Medical School
In med school, we study by answering countless practice questions. And after thousands of them, a disturbing pattern emerged:
A young woman in her 20s or 30s. Chronic stomach pain. No clear diagnosis. Maybe IBS. Maybe fibromyalgia. Maybe chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Maybe she had lupus, years of stress, or a history of trauma—sometimes sexual trauma.
She kept going to the ER because her pain was real and unbearable.
And the “correct” answer?
“Schedule frequent follow-ups and reassure her so she doesn’t overuse the Emergency Department.”
That’s it. A gentle pat on the back. A polite dismissal disguised as care. And in every one of those questions…I saw myself.
The Pain No One Could Explain
For years, I lived with:
Crippling abdominal cramps
IBS and constipation
Pelvic pain
Shoulder pain so severe it made me nauseous and vomit
ER visits that became routine
CT scans that became normal
Anti-nausea meds that became a lifestyle
But answers? None.
My body was screaming, and medicine kept whispering back:
“Everything looks normal.”
The Day I Realized the Truth
One evening, while studying yet another “mysterious abdominal pain” case, something inside me broke open. I was becoming the doctor who once dismissed me.
That realization shook me and freed me.
Because when no test, no scan, no lab could explain my symptoms, I finally understood: There was something wrong.
Just not in the way medicine had taught me to look for. My body wasn’t malfunctioning. It was speaking. It wanted acknowledgment. It wanted healing. It wanted to be heard.
The Most Important Lesson: Pain Doesn’t Always Start in the Body
This is the part that medical school doesn’t teach clearly enough: When your story is unheard, your body starts telling it for you. My pain wasn’t “all in my head.”
It was in my history.
In my stress.
In my survival mode.
In everything I had been carrying and never saying.
Once I understood that, something shifted.
And slowly…my symptoms lifted.
Why I Created Hear Her Heal
Because women deserve more than reassurance.
We deserve answers.
We deserve validation.
We deserve spaces where our stories aren’t minimized—they are medicine.
Hear Her Heal was born from that realization:
✨ When a woman feels heard, she begins to heal.
✨ When she shares her story, she frees someone else.
✨ When we gather collectively, we break the silence medicine has ignored for too long.
Your pain is real.
Your story matters.
And you are not alone.
Your Turn: Have You Ever Felt Dismissed by a Doctor?
Share your story in the comments.
Your voice might be the lifeline another woman needs today.
Share. Be Heard. Heal.
Dr. Su
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