Re: Let me tell ya, it's hard!
04/26/06 02:18 PM
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I taught grades 7 - 13, and there aren't many breaks in the day. This was all of course before I found Heather's diet. I would literally eat rice for breakfast and lunch and then go home, eat, and suffer the rest of the evening. It was a miserable existence. Plus, I was always very tired at work because I was so hungry and undernourished!
I found it depends on your principal. Hear me out. One, I dared not tell him because he was a jerk. Then my next principal was really nice, and I laid it all out on the table. He arranged the special ed teacher and EA's (next door) to be "on call" for me in case I needed to step out of a class. The spec ed teacher had IBS too so was very understanding. That way, I could nip in and out, without much problem. I found that once I had that comfort and opportunity for relief, things were much better.
Stress - a huge factor for me. Once I stopped teaching to raise my babies, my IBS symptoms almost disappeared completely. Stress was my number one trigger, and teaching is stressful.
Not the teaching part but the admin, and the behaviour problems.
Not that teaching isn't rewarding. Some days I miss it so terribly. I feel like I left a part of myself in that classroom.
I'd say if you can get your symptoms under control, and some supportive fellow staff members, you'd be just fine. 
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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