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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: possible cure?

'); } One of my friends that is a MD told me recently that there's a cure for this damnation I'm bearing each day. Apparently, you take it for a few days, and thing start looking better. Do I need to tell how cool that sounded when I first heard it? If you read anything I wrote before, the answer is probably 'no'. However, since I'm such a thorough person, I'll tell it anyways: I was thrilled!

Let's stay on the safe side:

Irritable bowel syndrome: Possible cure!

Now, it's not my goal to advertise some miracle cure, since I'm full of those people. Once it comes to our market, I try it and verify it helped, I'll write about it. I doubt it's called the same in all countries, but I'll write the ingredients, how it works and how it's used - which should be enough for any doctor to prescribe something similar.

Another possible victory!

I managed to do something on my blog today, something that I was unable to do for quite some time. This is so cool that I want to publish it ASAP on one of my other blogs. This is not a technical blog, so no need to write technical details about things that I'm doing with CSS code and javascript, but let's keep it at I'm really happy with myself today.

There's even one more cool thing that happened today! I watched some really nice nature scenes. They brought so much pleasure to me. Afterwards, everything felt so relaxed and cool.

And all this happened in the end of a rather shitty day.
I think I should start thinking positively :).

Thursday, November 24, 2011

How nervous stomach rewrites your life

'); } While having a nervous stomach isn't a funny thing, it was always funny for my friends how I learned to measure distances - by being longer or shorter than it takes me from the moment I feel the urge to go to toilet until the moment I can't take it any more :) :(

I called it sh*t-o-meter. (I live in Europe where metric system is being used).

During years I had issues with IBS, several practices developed inside my head, all of them being practically unconscious:

when I move to some new place (town, street address etc.), I start looking for safe spots. These include acceptable toilets with enough privacy that can make me feel comfortable.
automatic mapping of routes between safe spots, determining the quickest ones. In case I need them, right?!
once first two points are covered, I relax a little bit and start widening the circle.

Most of my walks are done alone. I'm not very opened for wide circles of friends, at least not for some casual walking around town and enjoying. That way, if I'm in trouble, I don't have to fight with burden of explaining why do I need to run, why am I quiet all of the sudden and so on. If you have a nervous stomach, you'll probably understand. I refused so many parties because I can't stand the thought of being inside toiled with a queue of people waiting outside. Most of people thought I'm an a*s. Who would have thought that IBS can form other people's opinion about me?

Another funny thing about my condition: in most cases, it disappears when I'm drunk. No matter how badly alcohol influences stomach and digestion, when I'm drunk there isn't anyone more relaxed than I am. I'm like a stoned panda. Even if something happens, it's so much easy to cope with... Maybe I should start heavy drinking and make a new blog, one that would start with 'My name is Jack and I'm an alcoholic.'

Do you have stomach problems? Butterflies in your stomach? Nervous stomach? If so, please write something about it as a comment and I'll be glad to publish it.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

'); } One more time I started sweating as a result of a feeling in my lower belly - that things are getting bad. I was just finishing my breakfast break at work, drove my colleagues to work and stopped by a mechanic to fix some boring issue I had with car ventilation system. When we finished eating, I felt kinda weird - that kind of feeling. Some call it butterflies in stomach, but for me it's simply a feeling that something ain't right. It's often followed by unpleasant warmth through my body, which in turn makes me even more anxious. I tried to overcome it by convincing myself everything will be ok and by breathing calmly. It kinda worked: we came back to the office without issues.

Issues, however, did come after all :(. When I was waiting for my mechanic, a sudden urge came to my stomach, alarming me in the worst possible way. It calmed down a little bit when I sat down, but it also came back when my position changed to a standing. I cursed myself and my darn condition, but was determined to survive the day :)

And so, after few minutes, the mechanic came, listened to me explaining what the issue is, and I was ready to go back to my office (mechanic is only a few minutes from my office: 5-10 minutes, but more than enough when IBS is concerned). What annoys me very much is the fact that I was totally OK once back in the office. Ok, my stomach was kinda upset for some more time, but actual situation wasn't so alarming as it seemed back at the mechanic's. It's often like that. And I would like it to stop.

I read somewhere on the web a post (blog or forum, not really sure) titled 'Nervous stomach is controlling my life'; so true... SO, SO true.

I'll try to share some of my findings in the future... A ways to cheat on my stomach, making it less nervous and more life-acceptable. Not sure if that would be of much help, but ANY help is welcome for people with the same issues (I guess, at least, based on my own experience!).

I'm done with this post now. I'm also done with disinfecting my house. It's time for bed (11.15pm), as I'm getting up at 6.45am. Life ain't fair!

Stay good people!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Personalization, with shivers

'); } It is not that shivers are result of personalization. Shivers are something I'm having now, when thinking of all the bad things that happen in my mind when panic / anxiety overtakes me. Right now, it's having a forplay with my nerves, trying to get me to the point where my stomach is threatening to ruin a perfectly perfect weekend. (It does that often, you know...)

Not really sure how did it look / feel when it started to happen, but I'm guessing it didn't change that much: stomach cramps, but only mild; an intensive feeling that bowel movement is coming - all in my lower stomach, under belly button; sweat drops starting to appear on my fore head, and intensive anxiety overwhelming me. If I'm at home, nothing of this happens - I might catch some diarrhea but it all doesn't represent a problem - as long as I'm inside. However, if it happens in public transportation (which is by the book example), it's a horror. What's worse, when it happens, I'm unable for any kind of social interaction, no matter who is the person I should be having this interaction with. It's like my vision get a little bit blurred, and the only thing in focus is the feeling in my stomach.

And I've been living with this thing for years now. My hopes lay in the idea that this is getting a bit better lately, as it probably is. However, when it comes back, like it did today, it seems to me as if I took a huge step back. And it's tough to feel that way. Internet is great because one is able to see that there are others feeling the same way, to read what problems do they have, how exactly are they fighting with them and how far did they get.

Recently, my only answer to this ibs thing I'm fighting is diet. Unfortunately, whenever I get a bit better, I ruin it all by returning to my all habits. Still, even some progress is still progress.

Therefore, my message for today would be: never give up! And take it easy (this one being more important).

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Beginnings: how exactly did you go there?

'); } It is strange how little time I spend reading about nervous stomach anxiety, considering how much time do I spend worrying. In a way, this disorder was the least that could 'find' me, considering the lack of care for myself. This blog is a way of fighting my usual wrongdoings.

Anxiety is referred to as a normal reaction to stress. It's something we all do. Nervous stomach is closely related to anxiety, and many people have seen it in work - there are bunch of us having stomach problems when in situations directly connected to stress: on exams, before interviews (job interviews), on road etc. The part where normal reaction to stress becomes somewhat un-normal is the part when it gets nasty.
I remember times when I was totally free of these problems. I also remember times when this started to bug me - when I ran home from public places, simply to avoid going to public toilets. It looks almost clear - that first time, when running 1.5 miles to get home. What a mistake I was making!
But ok, if it was that simple, I'd simply ignore the issue and solve all my problems. Alas, it's not.

It seems like I'm not in the best possible mood for writing. I'll come back later.