Re: Stable for me is...
08/03/05 07:51 PM
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Passanie
Reged: 04/28/04
Posts: 344
Loc: Fresno, CA
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Isn't that what men do in locker rooms? Stand around half naked looking great?
I should say right off that I'm not A, I'm D, so feel free to stop reading. But I consider myself stable. I guess I'm contrasting that first awful month or so where I couldn't eat ANYTHING, not even a bite of potato, minus the skin, without running to the bathroom. I was diagnosed four years ago and the more time that goes by, the better it gets. I still have D every morning, but it's not the double-over in pain, crying, cold sweat kinds. I still have reactions to food, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was four years ago. And I'm happy with that.
Wondering about the psychological/obsession end of things... I don't think not feeling perfect means you are "sick." I mean, this is something we have to live with. It's not going to get better overnight, but gradually better (maybe this is the D, not the A speaking here as I don't really have major swings or setbacks as it sounds A-ers do). It's a condition (so is pregnancy), a syndrome, not an illness that can be instantly cured. Celebrate the good days. Call the bad days bad days and move on.
And I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but sometimes it seems like people on the boards are obsessing over every tiny little thing, which I imagine is very emotionally taxing and can lead to more stress. (Now I realize that people who aren't stable need to obsess to figure out what it is that is bothering them) But if you find out there is HFCS in the ice tea, you never knew it before and it doesn't seem to bother you - why stop drinking it now? That doesn't mean you eat french fries all day long and suffer the consequences, but that you do the best you can dietwise, maybe have a few bites of your date's cheesecake if you can. Does that make sense? Hope I didn't offend anyone who is suffering. Again, this is coming from a stable, D perspective.
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