Caution this blog is personal in nature so don't read if you don't like personal.
So for years, about as many years as I have lived in California, my stomach has hurt me in one way or another. I am thinking perhaps Los Angeles water is poison because I never had this problem in Haslett. Hum? Anyhoo, about 10-11 years ago I had emergency surgery for endometriosis and the over the years I have found out that I am possibly lactose intolerant and probably have IBS aka irritable bowl syndrome. I say possibly because no one has ever given me a straight answer.
Pretty much everyday of my life I feel bloated, burpy, gassy and have varying degrees abdomen pain. Sometimes when I have to have a period, no amount of vicodin really helps. I call my problems the "Trifecta of Stomach Anguish." Now you are probably saying "Why don't you go to the doctor?" Well, I have been several times and to several doctors. And they either don't listen to me or don't care. Some have given me drugs that really don't work at all. They all want to give me the same tests and they never really find anything wrong with me. I have been pricked and prodded and scanned by machines and had cameras in places I have never been before, yet no one can tell me anything but "Don't eat diary or don't eat beans." No one has ever given me a list of things not to eat. How the heck am I supposed to know what I am not supposed to eat if I don't know what is wrong with me?
I Google these diseases and take lactose pills, tried soy milk (which gave me more gas, I tried not eating cheese, stopped eating ice cream etc...yet, no relief. Sometimes I can eat dairy and sometimes I can't. The most perplexing thing to me is....Can anyone tell me why I can eat nothing all day, drink a bottle of water and still have enough gas in me to float the Goodyear blimp? Nope, all I get is maybe celiac disease? Perhaps stupid doctors you might test for that! Anyhow, about 3-4 years ago I gave up on those stupid doctors and decided that this is my lot in life. Thank god my hubby doesn't mind my burping.
After I gave up on the doctors, I just happened to switched birth control. The minute I got off those stupid square patches back to pills my intense stomach attacks quit. It didn't take a genius to figure out that I was having some kind of bad side effect to the patches. So with the really bad stomach pain gone I was still left with gas, bloating and constipation. I went to one last doctor and when he ordered the same tests that the other guys did I skipped the appointment figuring these stupid guys were never going to fix my problems. I was done. I keep telling those dummies that my problems had something to do with food and something to do with ladies problems they would never go further than to say perhaps you are lactose intolerant.
If I were a doctor I would be quite certain I am allergic to food or have some kind of digestive problem. But I am not a doctor, so I do not have the time nor the patience to figure it out on my own. Plus, I eat whatever I can get my hands on most of the time due to weird work hours. I am really certain that my girly parts are interfering with the stomach parts because sometimes I feel good and sometimes I feel like crap. I just never know.
Anyway, I am sure you are tired of me complaining so I will move on to what this blog is about... it's about acupuncture and believing in some Eastern Medicine. Over the years people told me to get acupuncture but I am afraid of needles so I never went. Then two weeks ago a friend of mine said her good friend (the same lady who is her feng shui expert) is an acupuncturist and she was hosting a good health day at her house. All she had to say was feng shui and I knew I had to check it out since feng shui had worked so well for me lately.
So I signed the hub and I up for two hour long sessions with the acupuncturist. The friend hosting was inviting her friends to her house and then her acupuncturist friend would perform an hour long session for $25. All I can tell you is that I went yesterday and got a million needles stuck in me and it was the best $25 dollars of my life! Not only did the needles not hurt but I never felt so relaxed in my life! My stomach feels so calm today. I have yet to burp all day now. Do you know how incredible cool that is for me???
The lady gave me some Chinese herbs to try for my liver and I am going to start on those in a couple of days. I checked out my health insurance and they cover 20 sessions. I just have to see if that is before or after the deductible and make sure this miracle worker lady is in-network. I sure hope she is. I have never had more hope than I do today that she can help me. This seems silly but what I would give to be able to go through the day without pain or gas. Today is the first day in a long time I don't feel like there is a gigantic balloon in my tummy. Thank you lady and thank you to my friend Rhonda who hosted the day long event at her house.
Do you ever feel like God sends angels to help you out in life? I think he has sent Rhonda to be my angel. She has not only helps me with work and the hubs work but she has been a friend and has introduced me to so many things. I should have listened to her years ago and went to the acupuncturist. Chinese Medicine Rocks. So my friends if you have problems that Western Doctors can't seem to fix, you need to call up this miracle worker lady and let her stick some needles in you for an hour!
So for years, about as many years as I have lived in California, my stomach has hurt me in one way or another. I am thinking perhaps Los Angeles water is poison because I never had this problem in Haslett. Hum? Anyhoo, about 10-11 years ago I had emergency surgery for endometriosis and the over the years I have found out that I am possibly lactose intolerant and probably have IBS aka irritable bowl syndrome. I say possibly because no one has ever given me a straight answer.
Pretty much everyday of my life I feel bloated, burpy, gassy and have varying degrees abdomen pain. Sometimes when I have to have a period, no amount of vicodin really helps. I call my problems the "Trifecta of Stomach Anguish." Now you are probably saying "Why don't you go to the doctor?" Well, I have been several times and to several doctors. And they either don't listen to me or don't care. Some have given me drugs that really don't work at all. They all want to give me the same tests and they never really find anything wrong with me. I have been pricked and prodded and scanned by machines and had cameras in places I have never been before, yet no one can tell me anything but "Don't eat diary or don't eat beans." No one has ever given me a list of things not to eat. How the heck am I supposed to know what I am not supposed to eat if I don't know what is wrong with me?
I Google these diseases and take lactose pills, tried soy milk (which gave me more gas, I tried not eating cheese, stopped eating ice cream etc...yet, no relief. Sometimes I can eat dairy and sometimes I can't. The most perplexing thing to me is....Can anyone tell me why I can eat nothing all day, drink a bottle of water and still have enough gas in me to float the Goodyear blimp? Nope, all I get is maybe celiac disease? Perhaps stupid doctors you might test for that! Anyhow, about 3-4 years ago I gave up on those stupid doctors and decided that this is my lot in life. Thank god my hubby doesn't mind my burping.
After I gave up on the doctors, I just happened to switched birth control. The minute I got off those stupid square patches back to pills my intense stomach attacks quit. It didn't take a genius to figure out that I was having some kind of bad side effect to the patches. So with the really bad stomach pain gone I was still left with gas, bloating and constipation. I went to one last doctor and when he ordered the same tests that the other guys did I skipped the appointment figuring these stupid guys were never going to fix my problems. I was done. I keep telling those dummies that my problems had something to do with food and something to do with ladies problems they would never go further than to say perhaps you are lactose intolerant.
If I were a doctor I would be quite certain I am allergic to food or have some kind of digestive problem. But I am not a doctor, so I do not have the time nor the patience to figure it out on my own. Plus, I eat whatever I can get my hands on most of the time due to weird work hours. I am really certain that my girly parts are interfering with the stomach parts because sometimes I feel good and sometimes I feel like crap. I just never know.
Anyway, I am sure you are tired of me complaining so I will move on to what this blog is about... it's about acupuncture and believing in some Eastern Medicine. Over the years people told me to get acupuncture but I am afraid of needles so I never went. Then two weeks ago a friend of mine said her good friend (the same lady who is her feng shui expert) is an acupuncturist and she was hosting a good health day at her house. All she had to say was feng shui and I knew I had to check it out since feng shui had worked so well for me lately.
So I signed the hub and I up for two hour long sessions with the acupuncturist. The friend hosting was inviting her friends to her house and then her acupuncturist friend would perform an hour long session for $25. All I can tell you is that I went yesterday and got a million needles stuck in me and it was the best $25 dollars of my life! Not only did the needles not hurt but I never felt so relaxed in my life! My stomach feels so calm today. I have yet to burp all day now. Do you know how incredible cool that is for me???
The lady gave me some Chinese herbs to try for my liver and I am going to start on those in a couple of days. I checked out my health insurance and they cover 20 sessions. I just have to see if that is before or after the deductible and make sure this miracle worker lady is in-network. I sure hope she is. I have never had more hope than I do today that she can help me. This seems silly but what I would give to be able to go through the day without pain or gas. Today is the first day in a long time I don't feel like there is a gigantic balloon in my tummy. Thank you lady and thank you to my friend Rhonda who hosted the day long event at her house.
Do you ever feel like God sends angels to help you out in life? I think he has sent Rhonda to be my angel. She has not only helps me with work and the hubs work but she has been a friend and has introduced me to so many things. I should have listened to her years ago and went to the acupuncturist. Chinese Medicine Rocks. So my friends if you have problems that Western Doctors can't seem to fix, you need to call up this miracle worker lady and let her stick some needles in you for an hour!
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