I'm glad you're feeling better! It does sound like you're making real progress! I wear the same outfit every time I go to the dr's office to get weighed, because I want to make sure if I gain weight it's because of my body not my new boots! Or that my weight loss is due to an outfit not my eating habits which would only concern my doc more. I always get weighed fully clothed but they don't take that into consideration when they look over your charts and see that in the winter (when I'm in my boots and big coat) I was four pounds heavier than the spring (when I'm wearing a skirt, sandals, and a light sweater). LOL! It's nice to have a dr who cares though.
My stomach problem last summer was really never pinpointed. There was s stomach bug going around work, which is what I got, but when I went into immediate care the dr believed that based on my symptoms I may have had giardia. He had had it too and has treated many people for it, so he felt pretty sure. I was treated with flagyl, which definitely helped, but my IBS (triggered by stress and just not eating that well) got a good kick-start. I'm really worried about getting something at work, because it seems someone's always out with some stomach problem. I just make sure to wash and disinfectant my hands, bring my own bottled water, never eat the treats my coworkers bring in (and there's always homemade snacks there!). I work in the circulation department of a library, which means I work with the public and handles thousands of materials a day, so I have to make sure I clean my hands well! People who come to the desk like to cough on me for some reason or hand me their cards they just had in their mouths. Once I opened a DVD case to find a bloody bandage inside! ANother time a coworker found a razor blade being used as a bookmark. I can't tell you the number of times items come back with mysterious sticky goo on the covers or with toilet paper marking pages! Ewwww!
Sorry to go on so long. It's my gift! 
Edited by Maria!Maria! (04/07/05 10:21 AM)
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