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Mike (my husband)
I am stressed... but also not.
I am working on a report and it seems slow going, putting the data together in a way that others will enjoy reading. It should be easy - I have a specific target audience; I have a particular format for the report; I have 99% of the data; and I know a lot.I still get antsy though - I am sooooo insecure about my writing skills. Someday, with practice, I'll get through that.
Writing a report is not like writing a blog. One must be very professional - not rigid, b/c we all have our own style, but it is more on the dry side than not. And that's OK. In a way it's fun to write in a formal style. Stretches one's skills.
How does the stress/not-stress dichotomy affect my bowel? Slugfest central. Couple that with the ovulatory section of my cycle and voila! I am a bit uncomfortable...
This month I tried something different - I upped my vitamin C to about 9,000 mg/day for a few days, to see if that would have any affect on my bowel. I am not sure, but I think it did. While still sluggish, there was enough movement that I didn't feel a need to go the enema route.
Ahhh. Ovulation. What a bear. I both look forward to it and dread it - forward b/c it is the signal that my cycle continues without interruption, and dread b/c inevitably it affects the mechanical working of my digestive system.
I also reinstated, temporarily, my hot lemon tea first thing in the morning. I figured it was a good addition of real vitamin C, as well as a gentle first movement instigator.
I was right.Now I will go stock up on lemons... and make the tea whenever I feel I need it, but not as fanatically as I had done (e.g if I am out of lemons the world will NOT come to an end that morning!).
Attitude is definitely in flux. Am headed toward more positive thought all around - and am constantly learning when I catch myself in old negative thought patterns. Whew! This ain't easy. But I know, in my gut, that I need to follow this path b/c I will heal myself along the way.
A goal: next year this time I will be infinitely more healthy than I am right now. That means more consistent regularity, and more complete elimination each time. AND, elimination after meals, not just in the early morning.
Enough for now.
posted by LST 10/28/2001 05:31:47 AM