Another rough day.....I didn't eat right yesterday, I think.....
#58788 - 04/07/04 10:32 AM
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Nugget
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having a rough tummy day again today. I know I haven't been eating according to the IBS rules. And now I'm paying for it. It's so frustrating! I feel angry most of the time right now and panic attacks happen alot. Am thinking about possibly getting the hypnosis program. Funny thing is, my husband mentioned a few weeks ago when we were doing dishes that "maybe you should try self-hypnosis or something." I thought to myself, how does he know about self-hypnosis? Has he been doing research on the internet about IBS and not letting me know? Does he know about this website? Because I haven't told him that I have found this website. Hmmmm? I wish he'd tell me, at least I'd feel like he understood this a little better. Make sense? OK enough rambling...... 
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I am sorry you had a rough day. I understand your frustration completely. I find I get frustrated sometimes because I have to think about everything I put in my mouth and if I go off the diet I pay and I don't always have the strongest will power when it comes to the food I love but can't eat. I am having thinking about getting the hypnosis tapes also. It seems others are having good luck with them.
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everyone is having positive results. I think it might be worth a try....I just hate to spend the money if it's not going to work. You know what I mean?
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Yeah, Hypnosis!
#58802 - 04/07/04 11:16 AM
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Bevvy
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Okay, so I'm prejudiced. Michael's my HERO! He healed me! (Well, pretty much.) So you know I'm gonna talk ya into it, Girlfriend.
What else would you spend $100 on? That wouldn't even buy me a Coach bag! Isn't a "cure" worth $100???
Wow, that was quite a convincing argument. I impressed me. Damn I'm good....
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I know exactly what you mean. I was all excited about the possibilities and then when I checked it out and saw the price I decided to do some more research because I want to make sure it will work. I guess if we look at how much money we spend each year on Immodium and other meds it really doesn't seem like that much. And if it works, as many say it does, then it is well worth the money spent. Anything that would make life easier is worth it.
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It's because I read your success story and other success stories on the hypnosis board that I was able to finally realize that it might be worth it. When do you fit it into your schedule, though? I always feel guilty for doing anything for myself. I know that's not healthy either....it's just the way I am. I know my husband will be supportive......it's just scary trying something new. Ya know?
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with all the money we pour into Imodium...we all should own part of the company by now!
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Bev,
You have me convinced! I think I am worth the money and I am sure my family would think so if I could live a somewhat normal life. I am sure my kids roll their eyes when they hear me say my stomach hurts or that I have to find a bathroom. Well, actually, my teens probably roll their eyes at more than that.
Janey
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That is for sure, I couldn't live without my Advanced Imodium and almost panic if I go somewhere and don't have on me. If we had only known we could have bought stock.
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Time for yourself is CRUCIAL. You really need to learn to do that. Why feel guilty over helping yourself get better, so you can be there for your hubby and people who love you? If anything, it's commendable!
Find a way to be alone -- somewhere. Hubby and I are (temporarily) in this tiny little 2-room condo. I don't have a place to go to get away (and neither does he), but I HAD to find a way. Since he's so supportive, and wants to help me get better, he left the condo. Every night at about the same time (when there's nothing on TV that he likes), I'd tell him I'm gonna chill-out with Michael, and he beat feet outa here. He takes the dog and says, "I'll be back in a half hour." He goes down to the library and checks out a few books (he loves to read!). When he comes back, I'm done. Every single night. It's MY time, and he has his time as well -- at the library or sometimes he likes to walk the puppy dog around the golf course.
Look at the difference in me. Hubby gets the benefit of having his old wife back again. Before Michael, I couldn't go ANYWHERE. Now I'm ready to go whenever hubby wants. So you see, he actually helped himself when he helped me.
And, by the way, some people don't get "healed" the first time around. They do it a second time -- and in Marilyn's case a third -- and eventually it works. I wasn't expecting it to work for me; I was SOOOO not the "hypnotherapy type," skeptical, thinking it just wouldn't work for me. But I was a mess; I had no other alternative at that point.
Oh, I would have paid ten times the price if I had known it would have made such a difference in me. It is SOOOOO worth the money!
You go, Girl!
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I make sure I have at least 2 Imodium chewables in my jeans pocket so that I have it with me when I go to the restroom just in case I need it. Then nobody has to know that I used it. I keep track on a pocket calendar how often I have to use it, too. I'll right on the date number of Imodium I took on that day with a capital "I" next to the number. Then I can look back and know how long it has been since the last day I had to use Imodium. Recently it has been quite often, but the longest I went was a month and a half! I don't leave home without it. I know that the maximum dose is 4 per day so I make sure I have 2 in my pocket and 2 in my purse. Just a little insight of the "Day in the Life of an IBS'er". 
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#58821 - 04/07/04 11:43 AM
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Bevvy
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Read the reply I just posted to Nugget entitled "Nugget, Nugget, Nugget."
You also might want to talk with Mags. The program didn't help her much the first time around, and she's doing it a second time. Also, you might want to go into the hypnotherapy board and read Marilyn's story. She did it a third time.
I'm almost ready to begin Michael's other program that's for people who have gone through the IBS program. It's entitled "Towards Inner Peace." I had to wait for 3 months after finishing the Audio 100, and my 3 months are just about up. I can't wait.
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I don't have kids, but sometimes I feel like I'm an inconvenience when we are out shopping and I have to find a bathroom....right now! My husband is good about it, but I feel bad when I have to interrupt our shopping trip to find a bathroom or end our shopping trip short to go home. I'm tired of always saying "I don't feel like going out". Most of the time I just act like I feel like going out and pay for it later. I just want to feel normal again.
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I'm sitting here at work reading your post (which I shouldn't be on the internet at work....but oh, well) holding back tears because it's so comforting "talking" with someone who REALLY understands. {{{{{hugs}}}}} Sometimes, loved ones around me say they understand, but they really don't. It makes me feel so alone. Nobody will truly understand until they go through this @#$!.
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Boy do I know what you mean. I have 3 kids, 24, 18 and 14 and they are all pretty used to me having to find a bathroom NOW. My husband is great and doesn't push when I don't feel good but I am like you and hate to always say I don't want to go or I don't feel good so I end up going anyway.
We live in Spain and walk to many resturants around by our house. I have gotten so I only want to go to the ones that are a quick walk home in case I have to. My family is used to me leaving them and running home. The rest. here are the worst because most are small and only have one bathroom and it is usually right in the same area as the dinning area. That means if you get up and go several times or if you stay in there a long time everyone sees or there is a line waiting when you come out.
We are in a place where we could travel around Europe and I don't like to travel at all. I get very panicky when someone brings up driving a long distance.
That is a good idea with the Imodium. I have never thought of keeping track of when I take them. Actually, since I started this new diet I haven't had to use them as often as I used to but I always keep them in my purse.
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Re: Bev
#58831 - 04/07/04 12:03 PM
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Janey
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Bev,
I just read the post to Nugget and you have me convinced. I so rarely spend any money on myself and this is something that will benefit my whole family. I am going to order the tapes tonight and will have an open mind that this will work for me. Half the time my biggest problem is going places and worrying myself into having to go to the bathroom. I feel sad for all the things I have missed out on. But I won't dwell on that, I will just move forward from here in a positive way.
Thanks for always being so uplifting and positive with you advice. I have only been on here a short time but I do appreciate you.
Janey
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maybe I'll order tonight, too.
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That sounds like a great idea. Let's do it!!! I feel very positive that this will work for us and just think how much better life will be.
It's 9pm here now so I am going to order before I go to bed.
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Janey
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sorry to butt in here, but i'm glad to hear you're thinking about starting the hypnotherapy program.
i'm really pleased with it. it only takes between 25 minutes and 35 minutes a day. that's not too much. i felt calmer immediately--- after the first session. i got sick and stopped listening so i started again and am so excited- tomorrow i start session 2. session one basically focuses on getting you calm and relaxed and sort of primes the mind to accept hypnosis. i think it's working! i know that i am letting things roll of my back much more easily now (which is out of character for me!). even if that's all it did, i'd think it was worth the money! i have a lot of faith that the rest of the sessions will have great impact!
i want to tell you, Michael's aim with these tapes is to have you walk away from IBS at the end of the session. sounds like that is often the result for people. wouldn't that be nice!? no fear about looking for a bathroom when you go out? he says it's possible. no worries about getting in the car for a long drive. he says it's possible. not be ever focused on what you're putting in your mouth. he says it's possible! can you believe it!? i think it's worth the money just to find out....
(PS: can't wait to be finished and try the other program Bev mentioned. it helps you address other things in your life-- hoping it does. can't wait!)
good luck, ladies!
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Wow! It's only 1:30p.m. here in Wyoming. Let's try this together. I'll let you know when I receive mine. Good luck!
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Re: Jenx
#58852 - 04/07/04 12:43 PM
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Janey
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Thank you very much for your imput. I am new to this whole sharing thing but am getting the hang of it. I am finding that it is wonderful to chat with others who are going through the same things I am. I am happy for you that you are already starting to feel better. Between you and Bev I am sold and can't wait to get the tapes and start. I also suffer with migraines and I am thinking this whole relaxing thing may help with them. Wouldn't that be great to kill two birds with one stone.
Here's to driving in the car without fear, to eating without fear and to living without the symptoms of IBS.
Janey
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Yes, we are 6 hours ahead of the East Coast. My day is almost done. I am really excited to get the tapes and get started. I'll let you know when I get mine too. It might take a little bit longer for me because the mail runs a little bit slower (not much) Good luck to you too!!! I am feeling very positive about this.
Janey
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I hope it works. How long does it take to finish the program? I know Bev said she had to wait three months to start the new program.
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It must take that Pony Express horse longer to get to Spain than it does to get to Wyoming. Ha! I'm glad I'll have someone to go through this at the same time with. Glad we found each other today. Thank you!
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the program is 100 days. it tells you excactly which CD to listen to each day.... there are also scheduled days off.
i usually listen right before i go to bed. what am i talking about? i always listen right before i go to bed!  i have noticed, though, that if i don't fall asleep and actually listen to the whole thing with my conscious mind, i do have a little trouble getting to sleep after (probably 'cause the last instructions are that you come out of the hypno "awake!"). if i fall asleep during then i have no problems at all.... since i noticed this, i've decided to try listening in the AM before work or after i get home from work for a little mental boost! 
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I'll keep that in mind....
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I am glad we found each other today too. See, if we hadn't connected neither one of us would have ordered the tapes. I ordered mine a little while ago and I'll let you know when I get them. Hopefully they will be coming by fast pony. Actually, if things are sent priority mail, which these are going to be, it only takes about 5-7 days. Not too bad considering. . . All our mail goes through NY first. I am really feeling very excited and have hope for the future. Yikes!!! It's after 11, past my bedtime.
Janey
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I e-mailed my husband at work and told him that I was thinking about getting the hypnosis program and told him that I needed to know what he thought. He e-mailed me back and said "If you think it will help and plan to give it your best shot, I say go for it." That was so comforting to me. He also asked if there was some information I could print out. So I did and will let him read it tonight.
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I've just started tape III. I don't know if it will help my IBS but it's well worth $100 to try. It certainly is making me feel more relaxed and I look forward to it every day. My husband knows the routine. I tell him I'm going to do my tape now and I close the bedroom door and he knows not to come in or tell me there is a phone call or no way, no interuptions. If he isn't home when I start it, if he sees the bedroom door closed he knows I'm in there with Michael , my other bedroom buddy so it's nothing to worry about.  Iput this little guy in just for the fun of it. I love his little face. I also have some driving anxiety and since I started with the tapes I'm more relaxed driving.
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It is always wonderful to have good support. It makes dealing with this so much easier. What did he think after he read the material? I agree that if we go into this with a positive committed attitude that we are starting off on the right foot.
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All I have is a Discover card and it's not accepted....only Visa, Master Card or American Express. Is there a way to just send a check?
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You also might want to talk with Mags. The program didn't help her much the first time around, and she's doing it a second time.
The hypno progam DID help me the first time around. It didn't work 100% (I'd say about 85%), but it helped me TREMENDOUSLY!! There were just a few more things I'd wished it'd helped me with. I'm afraid I gave people the wrong impression.
And, I'm over halfway done on my second time around, and it's helped me so much more, I can't even believe it.
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