April is IBS Awareness month here in the Uk and I have been trying to raise more awareness by showing that we are all, as sufferers, different .. in how we look and feel about our conditions .. By trying to gain images of fellow sufferers and our thoughts in one image ..

This has proven really tricky as IBS is still a touchy subject and many fellow sufferers do NOT want to show their faces.

This in itself is such a sad thing .. why should we feel bad or embarassed about what we have to endure day in day out ?

Its things like this that are keeping IBS awareness to a bare minimum .. feeling embarassed about it is a huge thing to many people I know, but without coming out and talking about it and sharing what we have to face, the full story of IBS will never be realised. IBS Awareness month is all of us coming together to try and overcome this and get the word out there, there is professional help out there in The IBS Network which isnt that well known of a help line as yet but with everyones help sharing then it should get the recognition it deserves.

As my journey is unfolding with my challenge I am seeing first hand that IBS is a thing that isnt being recognised enough.. Press are reluctant to run stories about it .. Companies that makes millions from us sufferers just arent interested in helping out in any small way .. believe me I have tried in vain with the major over the counter drugs companies, which shall remain nameless.

This really is down to us sufferers of the condition to get it out there, on our own and in our own way we have to do this, not just in April every year but every day of every year .. Dont hold back .. let your feelings out and share away.

Below are what I have got so far but am hoping to keep adding to this as the month progresses.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted stuff for this page .. its much needed and hugely appreciated. I hope that Team IBS running in the Sheffield half marathon on 14th April can get us some more well needed press and awareness across the board.