The Guest That Never Leaves…

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While I would much rather be writing about my journey through God’s word, as I normally do on Sundays, IBS invited herself over last night, and just never left. She took it upon herself to throw an absolute fit about the foods I’ve recently been eating! It’s been a long night, to say the least!

I will say that I am currently upright, but this too could change at the drop of a hat! I made a massive mistake yesterday, by doing what I call stacking. I’d eaten one of the items on my questionable foods list early on in the day, but then followed it up with a second item later, without paying any attention! Normally, if I eat something in question, as long as I eat very carefully for the next several days, I can balance things out. Not so, when it comes to stacking… here be dark and dangerous waters!

Oh well, I will be right as rain in a few days, but today is the time for IBS to have her say about how I’ve offended her delicate sensitivities. My Bad!

My other roommate, Fibromyalgia, seems to be away visiting relatives or something, so at least I don’t have to listen to her try to argue with IBS on my behalf. I know she means well, but it’s much easier to calm these two down one on one. While they may be living together in my house, their friendship is precarious, at best!

I shall be spending most of the day in bed, letting IBS pick the shows we watch, as it comforts her to watch old reruns of movies that I once thought to be realistic and believable. Nowadays, I find myself narrating my own version of Mystery Science Theatre, laughing at what I once thought to be realistic. I’m rather funny, if I do say so myself!

9 thoughts on “The Guest That Never Leaves…”

  2. I’ve struggled with IBS for over a decade, to the point that it seemed like everything I ate caused me pain. It’s been so frustrating and debilitating. A week or so ago an ad for Nerva popped up on my feed. Now, I’m not usually looking for hypnotherapy programs but I was just so desperate that I thought, why not? They have a free 7 day trial. I’ll give it a try. So I downloaded it, not thinking it would make any difference. If medication and diet can’t control it, how could this app possibly help me? 15 minutes of meditation/hypnotherapy a day seemed unlikely to be a silver bullet. Friend, I can’t tell you how astounding my results have been. I didn’t just start feeling better right away, I felt almost completely normal within 24 hours of starting the program. This is after over a decade of medicating and restricting my diet and still suffering with rolling IBS symptoms that were sometimes completely debilitating. Now, the company will tell you that it only works for about 80% of the IBS population, and not to expect results right away. But my experience was like night and day. I had a business trip right after I started, and that’s usually a recipe for terrible flare ups because I can’t control what I’m eating and travel is stressful and so on. I was completely fine the whole trip. No pain, no bloating, no gas. Totally fine. I’m still in a state of disbelief. After the one week trial it’s $150 for the year. When I loaded the app and the free week I was sure I would cancel at day 7. But, with the results I’ve had, I would pay them $150 a week. So, that’s my experience. I know this sounds like an ad, but I’m not a representative and no one is paying me to do this. I’m just so relieved to be free after so many years of seemingly untreatable pain and suffering with IBS that I couldn’t pass your post without commenting my experience. I hope you feel better ❤️

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  5. I feel ya. I too have been partaking of questionable foods and my IBS has been knocking on my door with a list of complaints lately. We bring it on ourselves. >_< But food tastes sooooo good. Ha! Hugs.

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