The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).
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Finally got an abdominal MRI to investigate exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and very fortunately my pancreas and other organs look and work fine, my ducts are completely open, no sign of any damage or pancreatitis or tumors or cysts. I'm going to my doctor to figure out next steps, but I somehow have found myself on square one again having no idea what is causing all of my joint pain, itchiness, discomfort, trouble sleeping, and digestive trouble and bloating. It seems probable that I'm dealing with SIBO, but it feels like it's in the same league as CFS or chronic lyme or a bunch of other disease states that are likely real but have a huge overlap with questionable practices and science.
... for example: my doctor put me on a "natural" SIBO treatment a month or two ago, which included allicin and oregano oil. They first caused some of the worst mood fluctuations of my life, then after a couple weeks of stability caused significant and severe bloating, stomach pain, acid reflux, discomfort. I stopped and told my doctor that I'd like real antibiotic treatment, and perhaps to back up and confirm the SIBO (though this is also apparently not extremely precise).
I feel like digestive trouble has been a constant source of trouble in my life, and it's at the core of a lot of health challenges I've been facing the past 5-10 years. I really want to solve it, but it's very much a one step forward two steps back kind of scenario.
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