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Thanks, IBSHeck. 12 inches. And who said bigger was better? LOL I'll give 'em a holler tomorrow to set up an appointment.

I believe I've always had a very mild case of anxiety due to the fact that I would always get motion sick when I was little and so I'd always anticipate the worse when I would go on family outings and even now as an adult, I don't really look forward to going on trips, even if I'm the planner! The IBS has made that feeling flourish and if I was able to fight it without meds before, then by God I'll do it again. Thank God the humidity here in NYC is finally going away 'cause it was kicking my arse!

I don't have D but when I start feeling antsy, I feel like D may happen and most of the time I feel like I'm going to hurl, but because I'm not sick from anything I may've eaten, I fight both feelings off 'cause I know it's me making me feel that way. While I was sitting in the GYN's waiting area yesterday, and it's quite comical when I look back at it now, I tell ya if someone would've heard what was going on in my head they definitely would've called the medics:

Antsy Wendy: You're 8 stops further away from work and now a total of 18 stops away from home than what you're used to. What if you get sick?
Old Wendy: Shut the hell up. You're not going to get sick. You're going to be fine.
Antsy Wendy: I don't know. It's kind of hot out there and you're going to be laying on the table and you won't be able to get out.
Old Wendy: Would you SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
Antsy Wendy: And then of course you still have to get on the subway to get home. I hope the trains run smoothly.
Old Wendy: shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!

And then I'd smile at the woman sitting across from me and then I'd go back to battle again. Can you see the men in the white coats coming?

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Wendy IBS A thru Z
Taking it one day at a time...

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