Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Saying Goodbye, perhaps I'll be back...

My partner in life Wes and I had a long chat on the couch tonight. He has been feeling neglected by me, since I sit here at a PC and focus so much on IBS related materials. I know that at some level I am obsessed with finding a cure, finding something that will help me like it did someone else. So far, the things that have in some cases "cured" (0r put symptoms into remission) like Paxil and tons of soluble fiber have made no difference. Changing my diet has made no real difference. As an IBS-A, NOTHING has really stopped the swing of the clock's pendulum back and forth.

Well, my partner said that he thinks this is all very unhealthy for me mentally, to be focusing on this all the time. Yes, my body does keep reminding me, but he also has chronic health issues (breathing problems that can be very serious like an asthma attack at times), but he does NOT obsess on it like I do IBS. He thinks my mental attitude and perhaps physical health might improve if I leave the internet alone for awhile.

So I promised him I would do that. Instead of reading about some stranger's poop consistency, I snuggled on the couch and we watched a classic old PBS program MAPP & LUCIA. Great old fashioned fun.

So I am saying Happy Trails to you from the proud South West, from the 4th largest city in the USA, Phoenix, with the highest temperatures in 50 states, coyotes running around my house after dark, and lots of saguaro cacti waving at me as I drive by.

God help us all to survive this scourge. God help someone brilliant in the medical field to find "the answer" that will make it all fall into place. Let someone rich and famous (like Jerry Lewis) start a nationwide telethon for IBS, to educate everyone about it, and get some money rolling since the Federal Government has BILLIONS for mass murder in Iraq, but pennies for this and stem cell research and other programs that would benefit countless generations after us.

Take care of each other - don't spread opinion as fact (regarding what foods are good or bad), and keep a sense of humor. Most humor comes from pain, so the IBS family should be quite a hilarious bunch!!!

Hey! I got a call today from my agency for a modeling job. Don't know who the client is yet, or where the pictures might show up, but if it is something beyond the local area, I'll let you all know where to see me. So far my big claim to international fame was being on a sign board on Bell Avenue in Phoenix holding a can of malt liquer while the text was in Spanish (that culture seems to adore blonde men!!).

Bye for now.

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