Hi!
I, too, lose my patience from time to time. It seems the list of foods that do NOT aggravate my IBS grows smaller each day. As of today, I am having trouble with ALL proteins; I get so gassy and bound up that I want to scream. I spend a few days eating only soluble fibers and then, I try a little fish or chicken - white meat only and no skins - and my body goes crazy.
For the sake of living as "normal" a life as possible, I tend to push myself harder than I should to prove that I'm not a "weak sister" and that makes it all so very much worse. Add to it that I do not sleep well (I have sleep apnea and must wear a breathing headset every time I sleep), and we have all the ingredients necessary for a HUGE flare-up.
BUT, I am thankful for many things today. I have a loving husband who is kind and caring and empathetic. I am thankful that I am healthy and strong and excited by life. I want to be out LIVING and I will do what it takes to be the person I want to be - the person I am. I have other chronic ailments as well but I have never let anything stand in the way of living my life to the fullest.
Years ago, a friend told me this: In life, a person can either have results or he/she can have excuses. I can either choose to do the things I want to do and accomplish something (results) or I can keep making excuses for why I can't have what I want (excuses). I choose to have results. If I use my ailments as an excuse to stop living, I will die unfulfilled. Life is to be lived. And I'm living it to the fullest.
Regards,
Leslie Ann
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