Speaker: Emily B.
How were GI symptoms impacting your quality of life before you found Oshi?
Emily B.: Um, prior to working with Oshi, um, my GI symptoms were definitely impacting my quality of life. I wouldn't necessarily say symptoms caused me to miss work or cancel plans, but they definitely influenced my excitement and, you know, enjoyment of, of things. Um, so, um, just like a lot of stomach discomfort and um kind of dreading going out to restaurants, knowing that the food I was going to eat was just different than normal, so it just doesn't sit well with me and um I think definitely impacting my mental health, just knowing that Yeah, my stomach would hurt when I was, you know, playing with my kids and I could feel myself in not a great mood and just frustrated and um, so definitely led to a lot of frustration and, and, um, just. A lack of enjoyment of, of like everyday things that should be happy.
How has your life changed since working with Oshi?
Emily B.: I think the, the gut brain specialist paired with the nutritionist and the GI nurse, that trifecta was very helpful, um, connecting things. And looking at things from um different points of view, um, but the whole picture as opposed to just um. Just, you know, how can we treat your symptoms? And my symptoms have improved. I think a lot of it is anxiety-driven, and I think that is something that I've had to work on. A lot of it is how I'm eating. So I sit and I, I don't sit when I eat or I didn't, I wasn't. I was kind of shoveling things in between getting things for kids and it was really um stressful. You know, there was no focus on me and I learned that the body is just not comfortable eating in that way and it's not natural or normal. Um so just little things that have changed along the way have made a huge impact.
What would you say to someone who is considering treatment with Oshi?
Emily B.: I think if you're thinking about working with Oshi Health, um, you're probably at a point where I like where I was where um traditional GI medicine hasn't really helped, not like you have to be at that point to go to something else, but it's a, it's a great opportunity to get back to sort of a more like a natural way of of looking at things. I think so much of my experience anyway in traditional medicine has been to exclusively look at what are you dealing with right now, what is your symptom. And we're not looking at, you know, um, the bigger picture, like a holistic approach, essentially, so, um, learning things like gut health can affect your skin like that. I've never knew that. And, and those are things that, um, you know, I think you learn when you, when you take a more holistic, um, approach and look more at, uh, not just your symptoms like bloating or stomach pain or whatever symptoms you might have, constipation. You're not just looking at that, but you're looking at the root of it. Why is this happening? Are you anxious all the time? Um, you know, how do you eat? What are your Are you spending time on yourself or are you just rushing from one thing to the next? Are you kind of living your life in fight or flight, which is what I was doing. Um, so I think all of those impact how your gut will feel and your symptoms and um I think it's a great way to connect the brain, your nutrition, and your symptoms and find out what's really going on.
