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CQ:) said:
wow that’s great 🥳
How’s the other health issues?
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I'm still dealing with my IBS. But that isn't going away. So I do the best that I can. I stay away from the bad trigger foods.

Next week I'm scheduled for my 2nd dose of covid vaccine. First does was nice an easy. My arm hurt for a couple days, nothing major.
 
BIGMAN131307 said:
I'm still dealing with my IBS. But that isn't going away. So I do the best that I can. I stay away from the bad trigger foods.
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I understand that it will never go away and you just have to learn to deal with it

I was diagnosed with reflux last year, but took years before any dr took notice. I finally got the diagnosis last year. I keep a food diary to help keep track and note when Im off but I’ve already worked out a few triggers.


BIGMAN131307 said:
Next week I'm scheduled for my 2nd dose of covid vaccine. First does was nice an easy. My arm hurt for a couple days, nothing major.
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Were still a bit behind with the vaccines, I think we only started doing vaccine shots Feb. I think they’re about to start over 50s soon.

I’m not sure when I’m due to get my doses
 
CQ:) said:
I understand that it will never go away and you just have to learn to deal with it

I was diagnosed with reflux last year, but took years before any dr took notice. I finally got the diagnosis last year. I keep a food diary to help keep track and note when Im off but I’ve already worked out a few triggers.

Were still a bit behind with the vaccines, I think we only started doing vaccine shots Feb. I think they’re about to start over 50s soon.

I’m not sure when I’m due to get my doses
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Yeah it took a few years with several tests, trips to the ER to find out my Gall Bladder was shot. Along with that I had IBS & Ulcerative Colitis with was a result of all the 20+ years on various AEDs. :(


We're just started the 12+ years for pfizer vaccine. So far so good.




Nakamova said:
Bigman, I just read about a new study that said certain food dyes can trigger IBD. Article here:
gizmodo.com

Two Common Food Dyes Could Be Linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptoms

Certain food dyes may play a role in triggering symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), new research, done in mice, suggests. The study found that
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Thx, looks interesting. But it's not surprising information. Any food that is not natural, is bound to cause problems to our bodies. The trick is to avoid them all, or stick to lesser of the evils.
 
BIGMAN131307 said:
Yeah it took a few years with several tests, trips to the ER to find out my Gall Bladder was shot. Along with that I had IBS & Ulcerative Colitis with was a result of all the 20+ years on various AEDs. :(

We're just started the 12+ years for pfizer vaccine. So far so good.
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For years I’d been telling drs I get this cough after I eat, often it’s certain foods so I avoid those when I can.
But the drs didn’t take notice, but then in April last year I started seeing a new dr.
Mainly our appts are phone appt due to covid, one of our 1st appts he asked me the general covid questions if I had cough, fever etc etc. I said I’ve had a cough for years after I ate but no dr took notice so I gave up.

Straight away he said he was pretty sure I had reflux but wanted to do a heart test.
He did give me some tablets but they made me crook so I stopped taking them and just monitor what I eat with the food diary.
 
Start @ 3:00 (Doc was right with 88)




88 months CPS free. :)


Hopefully everyone else is doing good seizure control wise.
 
Well I made it to 93 months seizure free. :)

I got fully boosted. IBS is still an issue. The only real hiccup is I had a "nice" spill on the ice a few days ago.
No major problems from it. The only thing that prevented any injury was the shopping bag I was carrying.
It ironically had frozen ice bars inside. :oops:
 
BIGMAN131307 said:
Well I made it to 93 months seizure free. :)

I got fully boosted. IBS is still an issue. The only real hiccup is I had a "nice" spill on the ice a few days ago.
No major problems from it. The only thing that prevented any injury was the shopping bag I was carrying.
It ironically had frozen ice bars inside. :oops:
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That’s great you’re still seizure free
Sorry about your slip, hope not too many bruises.

It must be starting to warm up over there
 
CQ:) said:
That’s great you’re still seizure free
Sorry about your slip, hope not too many bruises.

It must be starting to warm up over there
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It's been warmer this winter around here. But according to Punxsutawney Phil [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil ]
we're still having 6 more weeks of winter. So around April/May it will be spring.


Nakamova said:
Congrats Bigman, that's awesome!

Maybe of interest: I just saw an article about a doctor who used hypnotherapy to help with their IBS: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/01/doctor-hypnotherapy-ibs-changed-belief-pain
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:) I kinda already do that myself. When my IBS starts up, I calmly rub my stomach and tell it to take it easy. Sometimes it helps a little. I also try to take a nap afterwords. Usually the combination tends to help, or at least slow down the symptoms.
 
BIGMAN131307 said:
It's been warmer this winter around here. But according to Punxsutawney Phil [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil ]
we're still having 6 more weeks of winter. So around April/May it will be spring.
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I was going to ask if Punxsutawney Phil was like Groundhog Day then I clicked on your link and what do I see a groundhog 🤣

My cousin and her husband are visiting America at the moment, they posted pics of Santa Monica CA and it looked quite nice, sunny and they were standing at the beach. Looked like the beach areas here lol.
But I’m assuming it’s often like that there 🤔😉
 
CQ:) said:
I was going to ask if Punxsutawney Phil was like Groundhog Day then I clicked on your link and what do I see a groundhog 🤣

My cousin and her husband are visiting America at the moment, they posted pics of Santa Monica CA and it looked quite nice, sunny and they were standing at the beach. Looked like the beach areas here lol.
But I’m assuming it’s often like that there 🤔😉
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Punxsutawney Phil is thee Groundhog. Yes, he even starred in the movie Groundhog Day (1993) lol
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film) ]

Santa Monica CA looks ok on paper. But I rather deal with "frozen shakes" instead of "warm shakes". IE: Earthquakes
 
Well I needed to step away for a bit. A lot of health & family things have been rough on me. :( Although IBS & UC is still an issue for me. I do my best to keep them at bay with diet/exercise. I prefer to avoid taking anymore Rx than needed. As for family, I lost a couple uncles. :( One unexpectedly on my 10yr seizure free day. :( The other from complications from Cancer. :( While another family member was hospitalized with an Cellulitis infection that caused some minor cognitive issues to progress into early alzheimer's / dementia. :( That has cause strain on the entire family.

Fast forward 5/2026 I ended up in the hospital for two days after passing out and hitting my head. :( I needed nine staples, and had a brain bleed. :( It wasn't a seizure or stroke. But the doctors thought it may be heart related, so they have me wearing a Holter Monitor for a month. My staples came out fine, and a followup CT Scan showed good results. :)

Well that's all the doom & gloom. Here's some good news. As of 05/13/2026 I'm 12yrs seizure free. :)
 
Sorry to hear about the passings of your family members and the recrnt health issues.
I hope you are ok now

I Hope uou make your 12th year seizure free anniversary.
 
CQ:) said:
Sorry to hear about the passing's of your family members and the recent health issues.
I hope you are ok now

I Hope you make your 12th year seizure free anniversary.
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The passing of one my uncles on my 10th yr mark really hurt. :( That's one that I would give up seizure free to prevent. It was so unexpected. :( He never went to doctors unless you'd drag him there. We found out his heart was as big as he was in life. He would help anyone he could. He was a gentle giant (6ft 4in) to those that knew him. The "celebration of life" for him was proof of that with people of many generations coming from miles to remember him. It made my family happy and proud. :)

After my unfortunate accident at the beginning of the month, I did heal from that. Yes I did reach and pass my 12yr year seizure free anniversary. :) My only "activity" is & has been daily headaches since my RTLS. They usually are kept bearable by taking daily B2, CoQ10.

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Hopefully you and everyone here is doing good and seizure free. Or getting on a manageable level of control. :)
 
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