So I built it.

I was diagnosed with a gut condition decades ago, at a time when the conversation around IBD was very different to what it is today. There wasn't much support, there wasn't much understanding, and there certainly wasn't a compassionate, intelligent companion sitting in your pocket helping you make sense of what your body was doing.

There was just me, figuring it out. Day by day, flare by flare, appointment by appointment.

I know what it's like to plan every outing around where the nearest toilet is. I know the anxiety of eating something new and wondering whether today is the day it turns on you. I know the grief of cancelling plans, the fatigue that goes unexplained to people who don't live in this body, and the frustration of feeling like the medical system doesn't quite have enough time for all of it.

I built GutWell because I wanted something better to exist, for me, and for the hundreds of thousands of people in the UK living with IBD right now.

This newsletter is where I'll share everything I've learned across 30 years of living with a gut condition, the honest stuff, the practical stuff, the stuff nobody tells you at diagnosis. Tips from my own experience, updates on the app, and a space where gut health is talked about openly and without shame.

Because we deserve that. All of us.

I'm so glad you're here. Welcome to the GutWell community, you are not alone in this. 🌿

With love
Jess 🌿

Founder of GutWell · IBD warrior for 30 years · building the app I always needed.