Life According to Lindsey #8

It’s been a while since I’ve written this article and I have to tell you life has changed pretty drastically for me. In the past few months I have learned so much including how much I’ve missed writing…so here we go!

Since the last time I’ve written the biggest thing that has changed in my life is my health. Many years ago I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)–sounds pretty doesn’t it? Haha, not really. I never really cared much about it and ate what ever I wanted regardless of what the consequences would be…until February when my stomach and intestines decided it hated me for all the years of not taking care of them properly. I ended up in the hospital and let me tell you I have never felt so uncomfortable in my life. To put it dramatically I felt like death was upon me…haha. I met the nicest nurse in the hospital named Jenn who actually suffers from IBS too. Since there is no known cure for IBS as of yet, she gave me such great advice on how to manage it. I have changed my diet drastically and I take about 9 supplements everyday so I can digest my food better, and vitamins that I need since my food choices are so limited. Since February I’ve lost about 20 pounds…which is awesome but if one more person asks me if I have an eating disorder I’m going to scream! I feel pretty good but there are times, especially recently, that I have become so bored with my bland diet so I’ve been cheating a little–ok a lot lately–and let me tell you it’s not worth cheating because the intestinal spasms and the nausea sucks.

I have also learned that the dentist is good and not evil. I have been afraid of the dentist since I was 13 years old. I had a bad experience where the dentist told me that I didn’t need Novocain to drill a small cavity in my tooth–oh really because it hurt like hell. Now that was an evil dentist! In July I had this huge cavity in my tooth that I let go way too long so I had no choice but to go to the dentist. My husband’s grandmother recommended her dentist, Dr. Joel. Dr. Joel is the nicest and most gentle man, and for months now he’s been helping me fix many years of abuse to my teeth. The best part of all is that it’s been pain free. It feels good to overcome the fear of the dentist and now I kick myself saying “What the hell was I so afraid of–this was nothing!”

I have also learned a lot of miscellaneous crap too since I’ve written this article last. I have learned to download music without asking my husband to do it for me. I have learned to transfer my downloaded music onto my phone all by myself using the instruction book–yeah so it took me an hour and a half, but I did it myself. I am in the process of learning to speak Italian. I’ve found that I have a great talent for baking. I have learned that there are people in this world that don’t deserve my friendship. More importantly though I have found great friendships in people that at first I didn’t like very much.

For all of you out there that are going through a lot of life changing crap–don’t stress so much. Think about all of the lessons you have learned. Some of the things you may learned in life suck, but it was an experience that made you who you are today–and that’s not so bad. Here’s a quote from Dennis Leary that my husband always tells me when I’m feeling shitty about life and it makes me laugh, “Life sucks, wear a fucking helmet”.