Re: Re: More abt me.to mark

June 23, 2004

Ulcer's can be serious, but their is medication for it and sometimes they make

you eat baby food for awhile so to give the lining of your stomach time to heal.

Does it bother you after you eat spicey or hot foods?

Ann also had a suggestion in one of her posts to you. Doesn't hurt to get both

checked out.

Keep smiling.

Mark

doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@...> wrote:

hihi, i am from singapore. i dunno, i have been to 2 docs and 2

chinese docs. one of the western doc told me surgery is the only way,

the other 3 said need to strengthen quadriceps. so... going by the

majority, i am giving exercise another try. shit... is ulcer serious?

what can be done? my god. i am so young.

~Doihachiro_hyde~

In chondromalacia treatment , Mark Gray

<gray3492003@y...> wrote:

> The symptoms of an ulcer are what you describe about your gastric

pains being brought on by stress. Look at it this way, if you have an

ulcer, that can be cured and will explain your gastric pain.

> As far as CP, my docs have done several surgeries to correct it but

it keeps coming back. They have only managed to help me control the

symptoms.

> I missed some of your posts, what country are you in?

>

> Mark

>

> doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@h...> wrote:

> hihi, well, i know that i cant make anyone happy. i just cant

change

> my personality overnight.

>

> i am 17. no, i haven gone to check if i have ulcer. though my

> psychiatrist did tell me to consider doing microscopy. what are the

> symtoms of an ulcer? please dun let me have it, otherwise it will

be

> another medical problem to deal with. i have enough of medical

> problems to last me a life time.

>

> and can anyone please tell me. is CP INCURABLE? as in it will

affect

> your life forever? in some ways or another?? can cartilege grow and

> replace itself?

>

> sigh. i think i let on too much about myself. how safe are the info

> transfers here? sigh....

>

> ~Doihachiro_hyde~

>

> In chondromalacia treatment , Mark Gray

> <gray3492003@y...> wrote:

> > Hey sweety,

> > One thing to remember is that no matter how hard you try, you

will

> only make some of the people in your life happy some of the time.

> > In fact the only one that matters is you. You can't make people

> around you happy unless you are happy yourself. Thus goes the

saying

> that you can't truly love the people around you unless you love

your

> self.

> > You have to make yourself happy because in the long run, you do

all

> you can to make everyone happy and in the end you will never truly

be

> happy.

> > If you love music, then pour your energy into that, you'll find

if

> you are comfortable with something, you will perform much better at

> it (test, studying etc.). Make your self happy, then force those

> around you to accept who you are.

> > People have to realize that they can't change people after the

age

> of seven. That's why there are so many divorces, personality

> differeneces at work, school and such.

> > There are studies that prove that how you raise a child from

birth

> to seven years old is how that child will be throughout life. So

> people have to accept people for who they are in adult life because

> you can't change them.

> > But formost, make yourself happy and you will find people around

> you will be happy.

> > Also, have you been checked for an ulcer and how old are you?

> > Keep smiling and remember, you can do what you want in life and

> those around you will have to accept it or move on.

> >

> > Mark

> >

> > doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@h...> wrote:

> > hihi, you are right. i lived all my life trying to meet up to

> others

> > own expectations. i have this mentality that if i dun study, i

will

> > be nothing good. i am trying very hard, with counselling and all,

> to

> > live for myself. but my personality is such that i want others to

> be

> > happy because of me. from what the counsellor said, i fear

> rejection.

> > so i am doing all things to please others.

> >

> > my parents have no objection to me taking a year off from sch. it

> is

> > just me. i dun think i can accept it. i am not on exactly good

> terms

> > with my father. cos of my childhood and all. i was raised by my

> > uncle. but just now my father told me he himself also retained a

> year

> > in university last time. so, guess it is hereditary. i have the

> > personality of my father in his younger days. i think he shared

the

> > exact same problems as me. sigh.

> >

> > i am considering just dropping sch and concentrate on music. what

> do

> > you all think? i love piano. but i cant say i am very good at it.

> > just that i met a very good teacher and she said i was improving

by

> > leaps and bounds. i have great respect for my piano teacher. she

is

> > really my guardian angel. now, she and my uncle say that studies

is

> > no1, very impt. then my parents say no studies are not

everything.

> if

> > i want to study, then i study, if not, drop out. so i am very

> > confused. i am afraid if i just drop out i will regret later in

my

> > life. yet i dun like to study. and i am extreme fear of

> examinations.

> > i am so afraid i will blank out. as i said, i cant work without

> > references. once like that, i feel lost. i duuno how to do all

> those

> > sums or questions. i want to cry. if only i can just study w/o

> exams.

> > it seems that everytime there is exam, i get super depressed.

sigh.

> > poor me. even i pity myself.

> >

> > ~Doihachiro_hyde~

> >

> > In chondromalacia treatment , <ruby2zdy@v...> wrote:

> > > Can you take a year off? You're under too much pressure for

your

> > own good. Most of the pressure comes from other people's

> > expectations, but you also have these expectations of yourself so

> you

> > can live up to their expectations. Can you divorce yourself from

> > your need for their approval so you can give yourself a break?

> You'd

> > have to be superhuman to do what you're trying to do. (One

> advantage

> > to being older is that you no longer have to please people.)

> > >

> > > I hope you can do what you need to do for yourself. No wonder

> > you're depressed & anxious!!

> > >

> > > Your family may disapprove if you take a year off, but believe

> me,

> > all of us here will cheer you on for taking care of yourself.

> > >

> > > Ann

> > > Re: More abt me.

> > >

> > > hihi, the school counsellors have approached me as i took

like

> 2

> > > weeks off sch initially and well, the essays that i handed in

> as

> > > assignments showed much about my problems. i dunno, but

somehow

> i

> > > always write and write about my problems, whether i want to

or

> > not.

> > > they have said they would arrange my class rooms to be on the

> > first

> > > floor. but what about the lectures? i mean i cant ask them to

> > shift

> > > the whole lecture to ground floor. affects like at least 200

> > pple. or

> > > more. affects the other faculties. because in my sch, the

> > auditorium,

> > > the lowest level lecture theatre is meant for the science

> > students.

> > > so such arrangements will affect the science faculty as well.

> (i

> > am

> > > in arts). so it is not possible. and there is another

problem.

> my

> > > gastric pains are quite serious. and nowadays come more and

> more

> > > frequently. going back to school means i have to follow the

> time

> > > table. and the lunch hours are very irregular. i need to eat

> > small

> > > meals every two hours or so, if not i will get gastric. that

is

> > > another problem. i am getting super worried now. my exams is

in

> 6

> > > DAYS TIME! and i have 4 subjects, all need memorising because

> > they

> > > are humanities subject. and i cant get any thing into my

> > brain!!!!!

> > > how????? so worried. and i dun feel like studying that all.

> that

> > is

> > > even more worrying. how how how how how??? hate sch. hate

life.

> > hate

> > > myself. i mean it is a vicious cycle. i cant study, then i

get

> > > irritated and frustrated, then i give up, then i worry, then

i

> > > stress, then i force myself to study, then get irritated and

> > > frustrated... so on... sigh. can feel my gastric getting

worse

> > now. i

> > > mean stress causes more production of gastric juices. u know,

> > last

> > > year when i did my o levels, i sat through almost all the

> papers

> > with

> > > serious gastric pains. was popping antacids while i did my

> > papers.

> > > horrible. and ever since sec 3 i blanked out for geography, i

> > have

> > > phobia of exams, i am so scared once i dun have reference. i

> cant

> > > write an essay w/o my vocab list beside me. i cant do things

> w/o

> > > reference. very scared. i think i reached my saturation pt.

> last

> > > time, i used to study every waking moment. and study until

2am

> in

> > the

> > > the morning. then go to sch at 6am. i felt so guilty not

> > studying.

> > > now i am like totally giving up on studies. how???? sigh.

> > >

> > > ~Doihachiro_hyde~

> > > and if anyone wants to talk to me, my msn email is

> > > hyde_haido@h...

> > >

> > > In chondromalacia treatment , " zumbergc "

> > > <zumbergc@h...> wrote:

> > > > Hi,

> > > >

> > > > You might check to see if your school has some type

> > > > of disability services office. They may be helpful in

> > > > arranging classes to be moved to a firt floor location if

> > > > they don't have elevators. If they don't have

> > > > a disability services, i'd talk with your dean, or

> > > > person in charge of your department, or at the min

> > > > a school councelor to point you in the right direction.

> > > > It might be good to talk to a school advisor before heading

> > > > up to the dean. Sometimes they aren't that friendly and

> > > > if they are a nasty type of person, you don't want to

> > > > upset the person at the top first.

> > > > They have to have some person in charge of scheduling

classes.

> > > > Its best to talk to people before the classes start, so

> > > > they can put up signs and let people know classes have moved

> > > > verses doing it after the first day of class. They frowned

> > > > upon this.

> > > >

> > > > Here in the states, the disability offices can do a lot

> > > > to help students in need. My knees weren't that bad when

> > > > I was in college, so I guess I was lucky in that respect.

> > > > I'm allergic to chalk & its dust. So, just imagine

> > > > how happy some profs were to find this out. No chalk

> > > > in the class. So, they had to use overheads, there were

> > > > limited rooms with the white boards, etc. Some profs were

> > > > cool about it, others I had to goto the dept chair, and

> > > > have the chair tell them they had to do this. I was

> registered

> > > > with the schools disability services. Had to meet with the

> > > > advisor like 1 a year. Had to turn my schedule in early to

> > > > help arrange the classes in buildings with better

venilation,

> > > > and hope to get scheduled classes in the white board rooms.

> > > > Plus, they arranged extra cleaning in the rooms I was in,

> > > > unfortunately for me classes before and after mine used

chalk,

> > > > but at least my profs didn't.

> > > > Unfortunately for me I didn't discover the disability

services

> > > > office until like my 2-3 year in college, so I lived with

> > > > horrible headaches and constant sinus infections.

> > > > Then toward the very end of my college career I was told

> > > > that the disability advisor, could have informed my teachers

> > > > instead of me informing them. Would have been great to know

> > > > that from the beginning, but I didn't. WOuld have caused

> > > > less stress for myself, not fun going up to a professor who

> > > > acts all mighty, then informing what he can't and can do.

> > > >

> > > > However dealing with some professors and teachers about

> > > > health problems isn't fun. Some teaches are very helpful

> > > > and accomodating, others play a power trip and aren't

looking

> > > > out to help anyone but themselves. You will probably need

> > > > some type letter from your docs about your not being able

> > > > to go up steps and such, or indicating it will make your

> > > > condition worse.

> > > >

> > > > One more thing. Many college campuses in the statess have

> > > > councelors (thereapy) available at the colleges. They have

> > > > individual

> > > > and group sessions available. Its a matter of finding out

> > > > about the services, and contacting them to get in. They

seem

> > > > to have limited resources, so if you want to continue

> > > > your counceling at school, might want to check into it now.

> > > > Since they have a limited amount of councelors compared to

> their

> > > > student populations. If the individual councelors fill up,

> > > > they can also do group sessions. One of my cousins had

> > > > passed away last year, and it was right when his brother

> > > > was heading back to school. So, I looked a bunch of this

> > > > stuff up for my aunt. Since he was new to the school, I

> wanted

> > > > to make sure that he and his mom were aware of the

services.

> > > >

> > > > I'm sure the programs vary from place to place, and at

> > > > some colleges, you can get free care for up to set number

of

> > > > sessions. Then a scaled rate if you don't have insurance

> > > > and based on your level of income. I think the group

> > > > sessions were free too.

> > > >

> > > > Best of luck,

> > > > Connie

> > >

June 23, 2004

That's good about the one subject, just remember this though and I think it will

help you a lot. Take one hour each day, just for you. No studying or anything.

Just use that hour to relax and clear your mind. I do it a lot at night right

before bed and I find I sleep a lot better. I read a magazine or get the photo

album out and just take the time to non-stressful stuff. Sometimes I get so

wrapped up into what i am doing it stretches to 2 hours and I sometimes forget

that my knee hurts. lol

You time is important so you have a chance to clear your head.

Keep smiling,

Mark

doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@...> wrote:

hihi, oh my god, YYYEEESSS.... i get gastric after eating spicey

food. horrible. but i get comfort when i eat hot foods.. not very hot

that is. drinking cold water or drinks will make my stomach feel

weird. basically, today i had my balk of gastric pains.. ate 6

spoonfuls of antacids... the max dosage is 12... sigh.. think it is

stress.. anyway, i spoke to my counsellor and agreed that i will drop

1 subject. that is a GREAT relief for me...

~Doihachiro_hyde~

In chondromalacia treatment , Mark Gray

<gray3492003@y...> wrote:

> Ulcer's can be serious, but their is medication for it and

sometimes they make you eat baby food for awhile so to give the

lining of your stomach time to heal. Does it bother you after you eat

spicey or hot foods?

> Ann also had a suggestion in one of her posts to you. Doesn't hurt

to get both checked out.

> Keep smiling.

> Mark

>

> doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@h...> wrote:

> hihi, i am from singapore. i dunno, i have been to 2 docs and 2

> chinese docs. one of the western doc told me surgery is the only

way,

> the other 3 said need to strengthen quadriceps. so... going by the

> majority, i am giving exercise another try. shit... is ulcer

serious?

> what can be done? my god. i am so young.

>

> ~Doihachiro_hyde~

>

> In chondromalacia treatment , Mark Gray

> <gray3492003@y...> wrote:

> > The symptoms of an ulcer are what you describe about your gastric

> pains being brought on by stress. Look at it this way, if you have

an

> ulcer, that can be cured and will explain your gastric pain.

> > As far as CP, my docs have done several surgeries to correct it

but

> it keeps coming back. They have only managed to help me control the

> symptoms.

> > I missed some of your posts, what country are you in?

> >

> > Mark

> >

> > doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@h...> wrote:

> > hihi, well, i know that i cant make anyone happy. i just cant

> change

> > my personality overnight.

> >

> > i am 17. no, i haven gone to check if i have ulcer. though my

> > psychiatrist did tell me to consider doing microscopy. what are

the

> > symtoms of an ulcer? please dun let me have it, otherwise it will

> be

> > another medical problem to deal with. i have enough of medical

> > problems to last me a life time.

> >

> > and can anyone please tell me. is CP INCURABLE? as in it will

> affect

> > your life forever? in some ways or another?? can cartilege grow

and

> > replace itself?

> >

> > sigh. i think i let on too much about myself. how safe are the

info

> > transfers here? sigh....

> >

> > ~Doihachiro_hyde~

> >

> > In chondromalacia treatment , Mark Gray

> > <gray3492003@y...> wrote:

> > > Hey sweety,

> > > One thing to remember is that no matter how hard you try, you

> will

> > only make some of the people in your life happy some of the time.

> > > In fact the only one that matters is you. You can't make people

> > around you happy unless you are happy yourself. Thus goes the

> saying

> > that you can't truly love the people around you unless you love

> your

> > self.

> > > You have to make yourself happy because in the long run, you do

> all

> > you can to make everyone happy and in the end you will never

truly

> be

> > happy.

> > > If you love music, then pour your energy into that, you'll find

> if

> > you are comfortable with something, you will perform much better

at

> > it (test, studying etc.). Make your self happy, then force those

> > around you to accept who you are.

> > > People have to realize that they can't change people after the

> age

> > of seven. That's why there are so many divorces, personality

> > differeneces at work, school and such.

> > > There are studies that prove that how you raise a child from

> birth

> > to seven years old is how that child will be throughout life. So

> > people have to accept people for who they are in adult life

because

> > you can't change them.

> > > But formost, make yourself happy and you will find people

around

> > you will be happy.

> > > Also, have you been checked for an ulcer and how old are you?

> > > Keep smiling and remember, you can do what you want in life and

> > those around you will have to accept it or move on.

> > >

> > > Mark

> > >

> > > doihachiro_hyde <hyde_haido@h...> wrote:

> > > hihi, you are right. i lived all my life trying to meet up to

> > others

> > > own expectations. i have this mentality that if i dun study, i

> will

> > > be nothing good. i am trying very hard, with counselling and

all,

> > to

> > > live for myself. but my personality is such that i want others

to

> > be

> > > happy because of me. from what the counsellor said, i fear

> > rejection.

> > > so i am doing all things to please others.

> > >

> > > my parents have no objection to me taking a year off from sch.

it

> > is

> > > just me. i dun think i can accept it. i am not on exactly good

> > terms

> > > with my father. cos of my childhood and all. i was raised by my

> > > uncle. but just now my father told me he himself also retained

a

> > year

> > > in university last time. so, guess it is hereditary. i have the

> > > personality of my father in his younger days. i think he shared

> the

> > > exact same problems as me. sigh.

> > >

> > > i am considering just dropping sch and concentrate on music.

what

> > do

> > > you all think? i love piano. but i cant say i am very good at

it.

> > > just that i met a very good teacher and she said i was

improving

> by

> > > leaps and bounds. i have great respect for my piano teacher.

she

> is

> > > really my guardian angel. now, she and my uncle say that

studies

> is

> > > no1, very impt. then my parents say no studies are not

> everything.

> > if

> > > i want to study, then i study, if not, drop out. so i am very

> > > confused. i am afraid if i just drop out i will regret later in

> my

> > > life. yet i dun like to study. and i am extreme fear of

> > examinations.

> > > i am so afraid i will blank out. as i said, i cant work without

> > > references. once like that, i feel lost. i duuno how to do all

> > those

> > > sums or questions. i want to cry. if only i can just study w/o

> > exams.

> > > it seems that everytime there is exam, i get super depressed.

> sigh.

> > > poor me. even i pity myself.

> > >

> > > ~Doihachiro_hyde~

> > >

> > > In chondromalacia treatment , <ruby2zdy@v...>

wrote:

> > > > Can you take a year off? You're under too much pressure for

> your

> > > own good. Most of the pressure comes from other people's

> > > expectations, but you also have these expectations of yourself

so

> > you

> > > can live up to their expectations. Can you divorce yourself

from

> > > your need for their approval so you can give yourself a break?

> > You'd

> > > have to be superhuman to do what you're trying to do. (One

> > advantage

> > > to being older is that you no longer have to please people.)

> > > >

> > > > I hope you can do what you need to do for yourself. No

wonder

> > > you're depressed & anxious!!

> > > >

> > > > Your family may disapprove if you take a year off, but

believe

> > me,

> > > all of us here will cheer you on for taking care of yourself.

> > > >

> > > > Ann

> > > > Re: More abt me.

> > > >

> > > > hihi, the school counsellors have approached me as i took

> like

> > 2

> > > > weeks off sch initially and well, the essays that i handed

in

> > as

> > > > assignments showed much about my problems. i dunno, but

> somehow

> > i

> > > > always write and write about my problems, whether i want to

> or

> > > not.

> > > > they have said they would arrange my class rooms to be on

the

> > > first

> > > > floor. but what about the lectures? i mean i cant ask them

to

> > > shift

> > > > the whole lecture to ground floor. affects like at least

200

> > > pple. or

> > > > more. affects the other faculties. because in my sch, the

> > > auditorium,

> > > > the lowest level lecture theatre is meant for the science

> > > students.

> > > > so such arrangements will affect the science faculty as

well.

> > (i

> > > am

> > > > in arts). so it is not possible. and there is another

> problem.

> > my

> > > > gastric pains are quite serious. and nowadays come more and

> > more

> > > > frequently. going back to school means i have to follow the

> > time

> > > > table. and the lunch hours are very irregular. i need to

eat

> > > small

> > > > meals every two hours or so, if not i will get gastric.

that

> is

> > > > another problem. i am getting super worried now. my exams

is

> in

> > 6

> > > > DAYS TIME! and i have 4 subjects, all need memorising

because

> > > they

> > > > are humanities subject. and i cant get any thing into my

> > > brain!!!!!

> > > > how????? so worried. and i dun feel like studying that all.

> > that

> > > is

> > > > even more worrying. how how how how how??? hate sch. hate

> life.

> > > hate

> > > > myself. i mean it is a vicious cycle. i cant study, then i

> get

> > > > irritated and frustrated, then i give up, then i worry,

then

> i

> > > > stress, then i force myself to study, then get irritated

and

> > > > frustrated... so on... sigh. can feel my gastric getting

> worse

> > > now. i

> > > > mean stress causes more production of gastric juices. u

know,

> > > last

> > > > year when i did my o levels, i sat through almost all the

> > papers

> > > with

> > > > serious gastric pains. was popping antacids while i did my

> > > papers.

> > > > horrible. and ever since sec 3 i blanked out for geography,

i

> > > have

> > > > phobia of exams, i am so scared once i dun have reference.

i

> > cant

> > > > write an essay w/o my vocab list beside me. i cant do

things

> > w/o

> > > > reference. very scared. i think i reached my saturation pt.

> > last

> > > > time, i used to study every waking moment. and study until

> 2am

> > in

> > > the

> > > > the morning. then go to sch at 6am. i felt so guilty not

> > > studying.

> > > > now i am like totally giving up on studies. how???? sigh.

> > > >

> > > > ~Doihachiro_hyde~

> > > > and if anyone wants to talk to me, my msn email is

> > > > hyde_haido@h...

> > > >

> > > > In chondromalacia treatment , " zumbergc "

> > > > <zumbergc@h...> wrote:

> > > > > Hi,

> > > > >

> > > > > You might check to see if your school has some type

> > > > > of disability services office. They may be helpful in

> > > > > arranging classes to be moved to a firt floor location if

> > > > > they don't have elevators. If they don't have

> > > > > a disability services, i'd talk with your dean, or

> > > > > person in charge of your department, or at the min

> > > > > a school councelor to point you in the right direction.

> > > > > It might be good to talk to a school advisor before

heading

> > > > > up to the dean. Sometimes they aren't that friendly and

> > > > > if they are a nasty type of person, you don't want to

> > > > > upset the person at the top first.

> > > > > They have to have some person in charge of scheduling

> classes.

> > > > > Its best to talk to people before the classes start, so

> > > > > they can put up signs and let people know classes have

moved

> > > > > verses doing it after the first day of class. They

frowned

> > > > > upon this.

> > > > >

> > > > > Here in the states, the disability offices can do a lot

> > > > > to help students in need. My knees weren't that bad when

> > > > > I was in college, so I guess I was lucky in that respect.

> > > > > I'm allergic to chalk & its dust. So, just imagine

> > > > > how happy some profs were to find this out. No chalk

> > > > > in the class. So, they had to use overheads, there were

> > > > > limited rooms with the white boards, etc. Some profs were

> > > > > cool about it, others I had to goto the dept chair, and

> > > > > have the chair tell them they had to do this. I was

> > registered

> > > > > with the schools disability services. Had to meet with

the

> > > > > advisor like 1 a year. Had to turn my schedule in early

to

> > > > > help arrange the classes in buildings with better

> venilation,

> > > > > and hope to get scheduled classes in the white board

rooms.

> > > > > Plus, they arranged extra cleaning in the rooms I was in,

> > > > > unfortunately for me classes before and after mine used

> chalk,

> > > > > but at least my profs didn't.

> > > > > Unfortunately for me I didn't discover the disability

> services

> > > > > office until like my 2-3 year in college, so I lived with

> > > > > horrible headaches and constant sinus infections.

> > > > > Then toward the very end of my college career I was told

> > > > > that the disability advisor, could have informed my

teachers

> > > > > instead of me informing them. Would have been great to

know

> > > > > that from the beginning, but I didn't. WOuld have caused

> > > > > less stress for myself, not fun going up to a professor

who

> > > > > acts all mighty, then informing what he can't and can do.

> > > > >

> > > > > However dealing with some professors and teachers about

> > > > > health problems isn't fun. Some teaches are very helpful

> > > > > and accomodating, others play a power trip and aren't

> looking

> > > > > out to help anyone but themselves. You will probably need

> > > > > some type letter from your docs about your not being able

> > > > > to go up steps and such, or indicating it will make your

> > > > > condition worse.

> > > > >

> > > > > One more thing. Many college campuses in the statess have

> > > > > councelors (thereapy) available at the colleges. They

have

> > > > > individual

> > > > > and group sessions available. Its a matter of finding out

> > > > > about the services, and contacting them to get in. They

> seem

> > > > > to have limited resources, so if you want to continue

> > > > > your counceling at school, might want to check into it

now.

> > > > > Since they have a limited amount of councelors compared

to

> > their

> > > > > student populations. If the individual councelors fill

up,

> > > > > they can also do group sessions. One of my cousins had

> > > > > passed away last year, and it was right when his brother

> > > > > was heading back to school. So, I looked a bunch of this

> > > > > stuff up for my aunt. Since he was new to the school, I

> > wanted

> > > > > to make sure that he and his mom were aware of the

> services.

> > > > >

> > > > > I'm sure the programs vary from place to place, and at

> > > > > some colleges, you can get free care for up to set number

> of

> > > > > sessions. Then a scaled rate if you don't have

insurance

> > > > > and based on your level of income. I think the group

> > > > > sessions were free too.

> > > > >

> > > > > Best of luck,

> > > > > Connie

> > > >

June 23, 2004

This could indicate an ulcer, an acid stomach, AND even IBS. When I had IBS, I

found that just eating could calm it down, because it would start peristalsis in

the whole digestive tract. IBS is a condition in which your intestines go into

a spasm. Peristalsis is trying to force the digesting food (small intestine) or

digestive by-products (large intestine) through the intestine where it's

spasmed, and it hurts. But sometimes when you eat, the whole thing relaxes like

it's supposed to and peristalsis can work.

Comfort from hot foods more indicates a problem in your stomach, either an ulcer

or excessive acid.

Another possibility for stomach pain is hiatal hernia. To get technical for a

moment, the esophagus goes through the diaphragm before it meets the stomach.

In some people, either the diaphragm around the esophagus isn't totally sealed

(BTW this is frequent in babies and could be the cause of colic), or else the

lower esophageal sphincter (the one where the esophagus meets the stomach) is

too relaxed, and a full stomach or gas in the intestines pushing up on the

stomach can actually push the stomach up so that the esophagus sticks down into

the stomach. In the case where there's a " hole " (weak spot) in the seal between

esophagus and diaphragm, after you eat, and esp. if you're sitting down (upward

pressure on the stomach), a little pocket of stomach can get force up through

that hole & get pinched. In either case it hurts like hell. The pain is

localized and is located just below the sternum. I have this problem, have had

it since I was a teenager. Usually in the latter case you get reflux too.

A hiatal hernia attack can sometimes be ended if you stand up & take a very

large breath and hold it. This forces the diaphragm down & allows the esophagus

to retreat back to where it belongs. You may have to do this several times.

Jumping up & down can help by causing gas in the stomach to burp up. It helps

to take a walk after eating to get the stomach contents moved down. Snacking a

lot before bed can bring on an attack.

In your case, I suspect pre-ulcer or ulcer caused by stress, or IBS caused by

stress.

I am not a doctor.

Ann

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