Welcome to Oshi Patient Stories, an interview series where we hear from the real people who have found lasting relief from digestive symptoms with Oshi’s virtual gastrointestinal (GI) care. In today’s interview, Gitl shares how working with Oshi helped her find relief after decades of living with uncomfortable GI symptoms.
Gitl shares her experience with Oshi Health.
How were GI symptoms impacting your quality of life before you found Oshi?
I’ve been having GI symptoms for years. Before I heard about Oshi, I’d been seeing a GI specialist, a physician, for several decades, and I’d always had a lot of bloating and gas and very difficult preps for colonoscopies. And I got diagnoses such as redundant colon and other kinds of descriptions of my colon, but it didn’t give me an idea of what was causing this.
For the last 3 years my GI doctor put me on Linzess, which helped somewhat, but it really wasn’t doing the trick. So one day I get this email from Oshi, which I thought right away was a scam, except that I saw the name of my insurance company listed there. And I said, well I don’t know, let me give it a shot. And from day one the experience was incredible.
The nurse practitioner, Rebecca, made a suggestion on day one, which was so incredibly helpful. And it was so simple: it was to eat 2 green kiwis a day, preferably with with the skin on, which I have done now for more than 6 months. And it has worked wonders. Then Liana, the dietitian pinned right down what my issues were, so I changed my diet somewhat. I wasn’t willing to change it as, as much as I should, but I changed my supplements, I changed how I eat, when I eat, and I have been incredibly incredibly happy with this Oshi plan. I can’t say enough about it.
Personalized care, real results: Working with an Oshi registered dietitian
Read MoreHow has your life changed since working with Oshi? Is there anything you can do now that you couldn’t do before?
My practical day to day did not change a lot. I did everything that I used to do before. I was never limited by anything. But my comfort level with my own body and with my with my bowels and with just fitting into my clothes has changed. My bloating was not letting me wear some of my skirts and some of my dresses because I was just bloated. So is there anything I can do now that I couldn’t do before? I can’t really say that. But I just feel more comfortable with my body, and that makes all the difference. It really was a game changer.
What would you say to someone who is considering treatment with Oshi?
The staff were understanding, they were kind, there was nothing they said that that embarrassed me in any way. Their bedside manner, so to speak, was just very, very kind and knowledgeable and creative in their solutions, so I would wholeheartedly recommend Oshi.
