I’ve been having some pretty significant issues with my gut. The problem has continually gotten worse over the past few years, to the point that I was hospitalized for it last year.

Last week, I went to see a new bowel specialist. The two doctors I saw were quite thorough and I felt that they understood the magnitude of the problem. I will be starting physical therapy, again, in the hope that I can get things, literally and figuratively, under control.

There were two main things that I...