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Reliving the lead-up to the hospital visit, Steph said: “I remember within one day I had about three protein shakes and a huge bowl of black bean soup.
“I could tell that something was not right that evening when I was lying in bed and I could feel a pressure in my stomach moving upward.
“It was quite hard to breathe and every time I tried to breathe in I’d feel a pinching sensation around my heart. And that, of course, made my anxiety escalate.
“I actually called my friend and asked if they could come over to drive me to the hospital because I thought I was experiencing a heart attack.
“I ended up going to the hospital that evening. I didn’t tell my doctors about the farting in the jar but I did tell them about my diet.
“It was made clear that what I was experiencing wasn’t a stroke or heart attack but very intense gas pains.
“I was advised to change my diet and to take a gas suppressant medication, which has effectively ended my business.”
