Paperpusher

You are carrying such a heavy load my friend. If you would like to share more, I'm a good listener. I am just recently learning how to practice self care for myself and I hope you are as well. You are not alone, and you will be,in my prayers.

Hello PaperPusher,

your response to my blog really touched me......I just want to say....your OK and are doing your best......that's all you can do and it is enough !

Hey, thanks for understanding. I have a good GI that I really like. I think that he warns them to not talk to me about lactose and wheat.

When I first saw him, he said that I could have diet and life style counseling anytime I wanted, and he recommended it.

I said- What part of me saying that I control this with diet and exercise didn't you hear? I'm in my 70s, and this was diagnosed in my mid-20s. I'm alive-I do things-I look good-so why should I change? I asked him, why does medical staff have problems when they meet people that watch their diet and exercise, when that's what they tell everybody to do? Aren't I old enough to know what my trigger foods are?

Anyway, when a drug manufacturer stopped making my main stomach medicine, $45 a month, and replaced it with a $1200+ a month for the rest of my life, I really suffered. I honestly didn't think that I'd survive the year. They stopped making it in November 2015, and I finally decided that I'd live in Sept or Oct. So, he replaced my retired GI, and he said- If you were so sick-why didn't you go to the ER? I told him that I was too sick. That it takes too long to get into the rest room-that I have to carry a 5 gallon bucket and a roll of TP so I can go in the waiting room. He asked me if I had ever done this. I said-YES- No lectures from him---I also told him that I take a bright orange Home Depot bucket, so the staff has a hint.

In what is your hubby deficient? A lot of people are magnesium deficient. Feeding him barely softened dark colored veggies will help him. Complicated salads. A handful of raw nuts and seed. Beans cooked from scratch. Canned beans are sterile. It takes quite a while to recover strength. Best wishes.

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