Swimming heals
I’ve been diagnosed for a year now and have had some pretty big ups and downs dealing with this disorder. I have my diet down to a science at this point and I’ve managed to get my vitamins and minerals worked out for the most part through lots of work with my doctors. However I still got the typical always happening symptoms like constipation, gas bubbles, and bloating. Well since it’s summer time for me, and I have a pool available where I live, I decided to start going swimming just for light exercise and to cool off. Mostly floating around and relaxing. And I noticed something almost immediately after my first 30 minutes of swimming around.
I was hungry
I was wanting food and felt like I had the room in my stomach to eat it. Now I still stick to my diet because I am not a madman, but it was amazing to me how much more comfortable I felt eating when it didn’t feel like my stomach was already half full. And then today, I was having lots of bloating and felt so tense in my stomach. After swimming for a while, it felt like a lot of that pressure was relived from just moving around in a place that’s easy on the joints and easy to move around without feeling like you’re using a ton of energy. I don’t know if it will help others or not, but I was surprised how much just moving around in the water helped soothe my stomach and temporarily relieved some of my pain.
A win is a win