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Seems the stress caught up to me again and I’m laid up. You could stab me in the gut and it would be a relief. At least I have an idea this time. Stress induced intestinal spasms. Been taking hot showers and ‘meditating’ all morning. It just abruptly dulled when one shot was bad enough to make my body go full exorcist contortion. So I’m numb and whimpering.
Kicker is that I need a gastroenterologist to get the proper muscle relaxants for future attacks. My insurance has a small list. Earliest I can go is near the end of the month. So I need to stay chill for now.
I wonder if this is better or worse than the cracked tooth that hit me after the first book debuted. Anyway, I’m lurking and aiming to return to the vertical in a bit. That last shriek of pain did something.
Legends of Windemere 
Hey get better man! That really sucks.
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Incredibly. At least I know what it is. The iPhone helps too.
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Take care. Sending good thoughts this passes fast. Paulette
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Thanks. I’m becoming functional slowly.
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Oh dear – I totally understand the insurance issues – darn doctors are too expensive and insurance sucks too much. I hope you can feel better soon – do what you have to do to minimize the agony.
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Relaxing and fighting to distract. Being stress induced makes it hard to get under control. The pain causes stress, but I need the stress to go away to get better. Oddly, the back arching spasm and scream for my life seemed to do something. Nobody even heard it thanks to a pillow.
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Yeah, stress can be the worst. And dealing with doctors and insurance can make stress even worse. Here’s hoping you feel better soon.
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Thanks. Stress and I need to start seeing other people. 🙂
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Rest, fluids, rest
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Fluids good. Rest good too. Need to do a bit of grocery shopping though. Said it could wait for today and this hit.
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Yikes. I hope you get well soon. I’m sure you’ve tried everything, but in case you hadn’t, I’ve often read and been witness to peppermint herbal tea helping calm intestinal issues. Maybe it can take the edge off at least? Hope it gets resolved soon.
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Thanks. I’ll have to pick some up. All I have is lemon zinger.
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That and yogurt. The less sugary the yogurt, the better. But on a side note, oooh, I do love the lemon zinger too (though not for intestinal) 😉
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Yogurt every morning. Though, the doctor said it doesn’t sound like a digestive issue. It’s more stress induced muscle spasms, so the herbal tea will definitely help.
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Wishing the best for you.
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Thanks. Sent you that interview just now. Back to being functional.
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I really do hope that you feel much better soon. I do not like it when you feel badly. It destroys my ability to be rude to you. Do it for me. Shortarse.
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I’m back to functional and will be back to semi-normal tomorrow. Got an appointment for later in the month due to insurance having a very limited specialist list, so I’ll put an end to the sudden pain attacks. Promise.
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😦 Hoping all is coming round to feeling better.
Ellespeth
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Feel better…this sounds like an awful thing.
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Feeling better, but I won’t be able to see a specialist until later this month.
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Oh, you have my sympathy!! I hope you get better really soon! Stress is a bastard…as if it isn’t bad enough in itself it does have this terrible tendency to show itself physically!! Take care my friend! 🙂 :
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Thanks. Doing much better and I’ll be getting checked up soon to make sure it’s not a serious issue.
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Always a good idea, but stress is the most likely culprit I would think – you put so much heart and work into your work, it’s bound to take a bit of a toll. 🙂
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It is stress. The regular doctor and I did determine that it is most likely stress induced intestinal spasms. Not pretty, but it can be helped with a muscle relaxer if that’s all it is.
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Hope you feel better soon!
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Thanks. 🙂
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Poor you, stress sucks!
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Definitely. Doing much better today.
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