Diyya never thought the treatment plan for her chronic and debilitating stomach pain would be a small neurostimulation device behind her ear.

Diyya never thought the treatment plan for her chronic and debilitating stomach pain would be a small device behind her ear.

She’d been traveling with her family when everyone came down with food poisoning. Hers just never seemed to run its course.

“Something still just felt a little bit off,” she says.

A few months later, she fainted during a cooking class — but since she has a family history of fainting, she wasn’t too concerned. Despite taking it easy and resting, Diyya’s stomach pain persisted, and she experienced rapid weight loss.