[tri-wings] Re: No weight loss, though - Tracey

> Have you had it all your life or is it a new thing?
I've had it for at least 15 years.  It is not new to me, but it can  
come in the worst possible situations.  I've had all kinds of tests  
run.  When it first started happening, my kids were 10 & 14, I would  
guess, and they thought I was having a heart attack because it starts  
with chest pain.  Then, I can feel the actual muscles moving.

> Have you had any investigations done?

I've had EKGs done several times.  I've had an upper GI a couple of  
times.  I've even been to counseling.

> Does it only happen in stressful situations?

It happens in stressful situations, but those situations could be  
just eating with a group of other teachers and having to be back in  
the classroom within a half hour.  It could be when I sit down to eat  
and someone tells me that they don't like something.  If a trigger  
subject is brought up even if I'm not eating, it can still happen.    
I always know why it is happening, but I've never told anyone why it  
is happening except the counselor.  I've always thought the people I  
was with ought to be able to figure out why it is happening.  For 3  
years while I was teaching, I arranged my prep time so that I ate at  
a time when no one else was eating.    Another reason for the  
"disability," I guess.  And another reason I'm so glad this list is  
part of my life.

Last week on our way to Sioux Falls, when we didn't know where we  
were going to stay, whether or not our granddaughter was still sick,  
and whether or not we were going to have our Christmas party, I got  
sick while driving down the highway.  I made Dick stop the car.  It  
was awful.  And embarrassing!   Dick gets totally embarrassed by the  
whole situation.  Right now, I guess that I would have to say that it  
happens ONLY in stressful situations.  My husband thinks I need to  
have it 'taken care of', but I can't seem to find anything to 'take  
care of.'  I'm sure that he is talking surgically.

Right now, I surgeried out!!!  I know I HAVE to have a couple more,  
but I'm trying to wait until my mom settles in her new apartment,  
which is also stressful!!

Thanks, Tracey!!!  (Your Christmas card finally got mailed today.   
I'm sorry that it is so late.)

Hugs,
Sheila Helleson

MN Grandma to:  Hope (T-18   11-1-1) & Alison (2+ years but so grown  
up); Cadence (5 & loving Kindergarten) and Bridge (almost 3 & all boy)
Mom to Cheryl (& Denny);  Wade (& Charity)
Wife of almost 35 years to Richard

"Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."   
Swedish Proverb







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