Having Crohn's
I was up in the middle of the night for the second night in a row, but this time it was for something different. I think I'm having a Crohn's related/food poisoning/bug night. A couple years ago I was getting them pretty frequently to the point that some people (even a supervisor) asked me quite bluntly if I was faking. Rather than take my former employer to court, I gave them copies of my doctors notes, recent medical records, and the photos from my last colonoscopy. I then gave them the non-audible "go to hell" look. Needless to say, I was then granted FMLA, but they still tried to get me for non-excused absences. It was a nasty fight and I'm glad it's behind me.
So considering how I'm feeling right now, I'm counting not having a job as a blessing. I don't have to get up in the morning and make phone call to someone who doesn't believe me when I say I have a condition that can come up over night like this. I think today's plan is to stay curled up in bed, working on my novel, and watching a couple of movies I've been meaning to put on for a good while. I just need to let my system relax.
Another plus side to this is this is the first time this has happened in about five months. I used to be every few weeks at some point, so I definitely think this is progress. I'm sure doing better with how my system is feeling lately, but I know that when it does revert back to a state like this or just is plainly upset, it's usually because of one big thing: I just haven't been watching my diet that well.
Peter and I got Taco Bell for dinner tonight, but in the end I knew it was a bad idea. I just need to stay away from fast food anymore, although my intake of it has gone down a bit since we moved to DeKalb. I think from now on we just need to be more diligent with what we get at the grocery store and plan ahead to cook dinners at home. For today? I have toast, plain bagels, apple juice, and some canned peaches in my future. Those have always gone down easy when I've felt like this.
[leans back a bit and considers trying to head back to bed] It's going to be one of those days.
So considering how I'm feeling right now, I'm counting not having a job as a blessing. I don't have to get up in the morning and make phone call to someone who doesn't believe me when I say I have a condition that can come up over night like this. I think today's plan is to stay curled up in bed, working on my novel, and watching a couple of movies I've been meaning to put on for a good while. I just need to let my system relax.
Another plus side to this is this is the first time this has happened in about five months. I used to be every few weeks at some point, so I definitely think this is progress. I'm sure doing better with how my system is feeling lately, but I know that when it does revert back to a state like this or just is plainly upset, it's usually because of one big thing: I just haven't been watching my diet that well.
Peter and I got Taco Bell for dinner tonight, but in the end I knew it was a bad idea. I just need to stay away from fast food anymore, although my intake of it has gone down a bit since we moved to DeKalb. I think from now on we just need to be more diligent with what we get at the grocery store and plan ahead to cook dinners at home. For today? I have toast, plain bagels, apple juice, and some canned peaches in my future. Those have always gone down easy when I've felt like this.
[leans back a bit and considers trying to head back to bed] It's going to be one of those days.