I’ve been burping uncontrollably for all of my life

► Tell us what you think about this video in the comments bellow
► Do You Want To Get Your Story Animated? Send It To "shortstory.yt@gmail.com"
► Subscribe SHORT STORIES ► http://bit.ly/sub_shortstories

Hi everybody, I’m Johanna, a 16 year old from Detroit, and today I want to tell you about a disease that I will have to live with for the rest of my life. And no, it’s not cancer, or a tumour or anything like that…It’s GERD. That’s Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease for those of you who haven’t heard of it before. Basically, it means that some parts of my digestive system don’t work properly. This might sound embarrassing, but I can’t stop burping! Go ahead and make fun of me if you want, but it’s true…I can’t control it. I’ve had it ever since I was a baby, and it took my parents three trips to three different doctors to confirm that it was true. So here I am, living with GERD.

My mom was devastated that she couldn’t help me. And as for my dad, well he left my mom when I was only 3 years old and my sister Brianna was 7. He said he just couldn’t handle my disease…I mean, I guess I can’t blame him. So now the only people who help me are my mom and big sis.

It hasn’t been easy to keep my GERD under control. I remember when I was around 9, I had a really mean teacher. She thought that I kept burping on purpose and made me stand in the corner for 15 minutes. She was a psycho!! I thought things would get better when I moved up to high school, but oh boy was I wrong…

There was this one time when we were sitting an exam…I burped so loud the whole class heard me!! The whole room was silent then suddenly everyone just burst out laughing. I was blushing so much I looked like a tomato!! How embarrassing!! My teacher was so annoyed he sent me to the principal’s office. But thankfully the principal believed me about my GERD, especially after I showed her my doctor’s note explaining my disease.
Later that day I told my friends about it. Some of them believed me, but some didn’t…
I know you guys are probably wondering about the best ways to keep my GERD under control? Well, the doctor only gave me three rules to follow. Number one…I have to take medicine at least twice a week. Number two…I can’t drink any fizzy drinks or eat any spicy food, which sucks because I seriously love Cola and hot wings!! And number three…to soothe my stomach I have to drink this horrible honey tea that my mom makes. But even with these rules, I still have some problems…

Видео I’ve been burping uncontrollably for all of my life канала Short Stories