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Ha Ha Ha! I've had ibs over 14 year and if you were to have seen me a year ago, 6 months before my wedding, I was the definition of stressed! My MOH and best man dropped out, dad wasn't coming, cousins were in Russia and out west and they couldn't get flights, etc. And I was losing weight like crazy and my dress maker was worried the dress would be too big.
We had a very small ceremony and sit down dinner. 19 of us total.
Up until a few days before the wedding I was panicking that something else would not go right. A week before my wedding my dad called and said he would give me away. I think that was the point in which I told myself that whatever happens happens. And that was it. I wasn't stressing on the details any further.
The little rehearsal I had went smoothly and then three days later was our big day. I was the "calmest bride" the make-up artist had ever seen. I knew that everything that could go wrong on the day already had and there was nothing I could do about it, so I didn't let myself stress - well I did a little when the minister was 40 minutes late!
I hadn't slept the night before, but I ate a sensible SF lunch, lots of peppermint tea and I made it through the whole day without an attack. I was utterly exhausted by 9 pm. But it was the best day of my life and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
That's a lot of info in a nutshell! If you have any questions, I'm happy to help with wedding stuff! I love to help with other people's weddings!!

Best of luck!

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Cassandra

Live like there's no tomorrow. Love like you've never loved before.

IBS A 20+ years, Chronic Migraines, Chiari Malformation (decompressed June 22, 2010), Brachial Neuritis, and ??? the list just keeps growing, but I'm still shiny side up!

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