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Mike (my husband)
It's not enough anymore.I really really want to live and not have to think about making doodies - just do it!
What would life be like without a fussy tummy? I really have no clue, but I can imagine!Today is a day of frustration. I awoke early (a little before 5), even though it's Saturday and I am allowed to sleep in. I picked up Mike at the airport last night - glad to have him home. He is sleeping nicely.
So why the frustration. Life. Awareness. Personal shortcomings. I realize I am more a generalist than a specialist, and while I know a lot of stuff, that's just the point. I know a lot of stuff. What do I do with that? How do I ask the important questions, and who decides if the questions are important or not?
Ah. Introspection is a wonderfully frustrating exercise.
Now, if it were someone else saying this stuff, I would be helpful and probing, and say that, first, asking questions is good. All questions are important. And second, knowing a lot of stuff gives one a more balanced perspective than only knowing a narrow slice. And balance is key.
OK. So I helped myself here. What has all this got to do with making doodies?
Inner stress, that's what.
Think about it. We stress ourselves for any number of things, on top of letting life's stuff affect us and stress us. And while I truly believe that the medical community will eventually find clinical causes for IBS, I also truly believe we are each powerful enough to create our lives, including our physical character. That stress, both in & external, affects IBSers' intestinal balance. Thus the doodie factor.
BTW, I am makin' doodies every morning, and 95% of the time I do not need more assist than a half glass of water and standing up or walking around for a few minutes.
Is that progress or what? A year ago I was still in a fairly intense routine that included hot lemon tea, lots of water, aloe juice, lots of time.
I am makin' progress toward my goal. Someday I will be able to live without thinking about making doodies. Maybe soon.
Now I need to get the rest of my life together. [sigh]Later.
posted by LST 8/25/2001 05:54:25 AM
22.8.01
Wake up call.
I wasn't taking the amount of vitamin C I thought - I was taking half as much! It pays to read labels. I thought it was 1000 mg/pill. Nope, half that.Now that I've got it right....
The new routine - that seems to be working - is 2500 mg/3x day for a total of 7500 mg of vitamin C. I take my cal-mag in between meals, and I figured out that 1-2 110 mg magnesium pills/day will counter the cal-mag and give a 1:1 ratio, which is much better than the 2:1 cal:mag.
I am continuing the increased acidophilus in the morning.
Both the muscle and uterine cramps stopped 2 days after I began this routine. Also, I did 2 days of enema cleanse to help my system 'reboot'. That worked really well.
I have been conversing with my sister the last few days and have learned much from our discussion. She has been changing her diet, for personal reasons, and has asked many questions about my diet (there are major similarities among the diets). This has made me aware of the amount of info I have gathered in my head over several years of research and experimentation.
The details are interesting, but won't be found here.
I am going to write a whole chapter on constipation. Someday I may even write a book devoted to constipation.
I realized the other day that nobody talks about it, and that even the experts on IBS, and IBD, address diarrhea as a major concern, but not constipation.
Well, EXCUSE ME, but constipation is a major problem in this country (not just among IBS and IBDers), and it's time this was talked about, dealt with.
No there are no uniform answers, but there are so many remedies, not least a good diet, and people need to know this stuff. They need to be given clear and sane information; easy stuff to do to accomplish steady improvement in their intestinal health.
I want to do that.
Later.
posted by LST 8/22/2001 08:45:31 PM