What's "stable" for you?
#357003 - 03/26/10 07:31 AM
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Bel920
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When do you (you in specific - I realize there probably isn't a standard answer to this) consider yourself "stable"? No attacks? Only a few attacks a month? Once in a blue moon? Once a week?
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I consider myself stable when it's not on my mind so often. When I can make plans and go out and enjoy life without the initial thought of "what if I get sick"...
That usually happens to me when my attacks are about 3-4 months apart. Only a few attacks a year isn't bad at all, so I can handle that and feel stable. I also notice when they are so spread out, I can recover much faster.
Hope that helps! I know it's different for all of us, but I believe it's really when the emotional side settles down for me and I don't worry as much that I feel the most stable.
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stable for me is also when I don't have to worry and wonder where the nearest bathroom is located, or if I have some toilet paper, sanitizer, & a shovel in the pick up. Lots of places out here to hide behind. (That's terrible, isn't it?)
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 Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher
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Wow, I had no idea it would be possible to go that long in between attacks. I will say that in the last week since following Heather's diet closely, I have seen MUCH improvement. It boggles my mind how eating all the "white" foods I've been avoiding for years and replacing with whole wheat are actually helping me have normal-ish BMs when I had thought all along that they would make me constipated. It's truly incredible. For the first time in a long time I feel hopeful about feeling better.
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