I have IBS. We aren’t in a situation where we might lose the house but for a couple weeks we can’t afford fancy food. Stuff like gluten free alternatives are expensive and anything dirt cheap hurts my stomach or is generally not too nutritious. What are some cheap low FODMAP foods, food brands, etc?
Serious question
Do you ever feel that way?
Pictures for context I got an implant in my spine recently because I shattered one of my vertebrae I’m 21 and I’m 4 months post op and I’m just wondering if anyone else suffers from this? I don’t know where else to ask so I’m sorry if this doesn’t belong here
I work from home and have been for almost 15 years. I am 42 years old and the last 6 months I've been having severe pain on the left side as noted in this photo. My doctor sent me to therapy. My pain wasn't really bad then and my session ended and I've noticed the pain is 20 times worse as it was before therapy. No X-rays were ever taken. I'm in constant pain everyday. It's always the left side and I'm also left-handed if that even matters. It feels like a weird stabbing pain aroud my skull starts behind my ear and travels down to the left trap area.
I just need to rant somewhere people will understand.
I woke up today feeling like a lightning bolt hit me in the head. I stumbled trying to get to the bathroom, fell twice, thankfully I didn’t land on my wrist because I’m still in PT and recovering from surgery, and then threw up from the pain.
I wrapped my head in ice, put on a blackout mask and noise canceling earplugs, took my meds, and managed to get the headache down a little. But apparently the rest of my body didn’t get the memo, because everything else still hurts like hell and refuses to cooperate.
Today is one of those days where I don’t want to be strong. I don’t want to push through it. I don’t want another appointment, another problem to solve, another thing I have to figure out. I just want to lay here, cry, go back to sleep and let the world fuck off for a while.Except I can’t.
Because somehow, while my body is screaming at me to stop, I also have to figure out what the hell I’m going to do and how I’m going to do it, because I have to be out of where I’m staying by Tuesday morning at 8 AM.
And I genuinely don’t know what I’m going to do yet.
That’s the part that is breaking me today. If it were just the pain, I could crawl into bed, shut everything out and try again tomorrow. But chronic pain doesn’t make the rest of life stop demanding things from you. Sometimes the days when your body gives you absolutely nothing are the exact days life demands the most from you.
I know I need to figure this out. I know lying here crying isn’t going to solve anything. But fuck, can I just be exhausted and scared for a minute?
How do you guys get through the days when your body is completely done, but life doesn’t give you the option of being done?