ah yes the trucker tan

The lengths that I will go to

The distance in your eyes

Ploopy is so good! I have their Classic trackball and it’s been holding up for years.

Well done!

That reminds me, I wanted to put in a medicine cabinet too.

Do you take it for a month then stop?

Thanks, I’ll look into it.

I’ve definitely been through Some Shit that has been traumatic, not gonna say PTSD because I don’t have a diagnosis. But it’s apparently common IBS to come along for the ride. I notice when I’m more stressed, the symptoms are worse.

Chop wood, carry water.

I did get a test for celiac, came back negative. There aren’t any obvious candidates for an allergy.

I’ve heard so many good things about GLP-1.

I find if I stay away from junk food for a while, and try it again, I realize how terrible it makes me feel. Bloated, or sugar crashing, or tired. That’s not even IBS-related, it just has that effect on everybody.

Is that a different bacterium than the usual yogurt? I usually buy stuff with active cultures.

At the very least, lactose intolerance.

Unfortunately, kefir is something that I can’t handle. Odd, because yogurt is fine.

Thanks for the advice! I agree that it looks like IBS is what doctors label you when they throw their hands up in frustration. It’s still up to me to find out how to deal with it.

Stress is a BIG factor for me, I’ve made changes recently to help reduce that.

Soon I’ll be speaking to a dietician, they might recommend the low-FODMAP diet. I’m wary of elimination diets, though, as I am worried about losing weight. I worked hard to get from underweight to a healthy weight and my quality of life improved a lot as a result.

Everyone I know who has gotten a bidet became an evangelist for them, so there must be something to it!

Psyllium and flax seed meal are on my list to try. I’m OK for electrolytes, according to my blood tests. Even though I’m lactose intolerant, yogurt is fine, so that’s my source for probiotics. Good suggestions!

For me, it was worse when I was eating a lot of beans. They always made me poop a lot and get gas, even after when there should have been some gut adaptation to all the fibre. I do eat whole grains and fresh fruit & veg, nuts etc so I get a good amount of fibre. I just think that beans don’t sit well with me. Tofu etc is fine though.

Yep, the doc suggested to keep some on hand for days when I know I’d be going frequently.

Definitely it’s grape flavoured.

Looks awl right.

He also believed your soul carries on after death and enters a new body, possibly even an animal’s.

The story that he was killed because he refused to run away through a field of beans is probably fake. There’s a trope of ancient philosophers getting ironic deaths:

• Archimedes being killed because he was absorbed in his geometry (he told the attacking soldier “don’t disturb my circles!”)

• Diogenes was notorious for rejecting social norms and acting dog-like. “Cynic” comes from the Greek word for “dog”. He died of food poisoning after eating raw octopus, showing you can’t really live like a dog.