I'm old. I have all the "me" time I want, so, I can blog. I don't have small children demanding my time and that makes me a happy woman :) and a blogging fool :)
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I have had IBS all my life. When I was a kid they didn't call it IBS, the doctors diagnosed me with a "nervous stomach" which, of course, sounds pretty hokey. My parents pretty much didn't believe me or just thought it was something I should be able to just "get over". It is why I hate to get up early,it is worse in the mornings and especially bad if I have to wake up to an alarm... the being startled awake causes my colon to start spasming. During Jr. High and High School age it was like having morning sickness every freaking day of my life. That made going to school all the more fun.
I've learned to live with it and not having to get up early and go to work every day has been such a blessing for me. If I can wake up relaxed it isn't so bad and I can work through it pretty quickly in the mornings.
The sad thing for me is that I passed it on to Levi. It breaks me heart to see him having to deal with it day in and day out. But, at least he has an understanding ear to talk to about it and not a Mom who accuses him of being lazy and stupid...
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I guess I was thinking about that because my stomach has been hurting a lot lately.
I'm sorry about the stomach problems. My grandma has had that for a long time, too.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to see what craziness I've passed down to Alyssa--but I plan on blaming it all on Jason's family genes. :)
I am the same way if I have to wake up early or if anythings startles me awake. It was so much worse when I was younger. I hated waking up and going to school.
ReplyDeleteI think my Aunt suffers from something very similar.
Since my bowel obstruction, my 'stomach' is the first thing hit by any kind of illness or stress. I several times have had no warning, and many humiliating accidents. The worst of which was yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you're a kinder mother than your mother was.