Comments on: Acid Nightmare

By: qB

qB — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:58:25 +0000

Crash and burn. Sounds frightening as well as painful. I find it so difficult to listen to what my body/mind is saying – drink more water, go to bed early, or whatever. The effects of not listening, or attempting to avoid the inevitable by an act of will can be bad indeed. I think Gordon’s idea is great. Could you programme your computer to generate pop-up reminders randomly but with a certain minimum frequency? Of course it might have the side-effect of driving you to smash the machine with irritation.

By: jahv.

jahv. — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:56:03 +0000

that sounds terrible
i’m sorry you felt so crappy this weekend. But at least it’s an avoidable problem.. eh? though i would have a hard time giving up the spicy food altogether.. maybe just excercise a little moderation?
i don’t know
i wish you well.
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By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:39:15 +0000

Sue – yeah, I decided I’d rather make the lifestyle changes than become dependent on yet another drug. I’ve been taking one for chronic rhinitis for the past twenty years, without which my life is truly hell. I tried life without it last year to see if I’d outgrown it, but it’s as bad as ever. Imagine having severe hay fever 365 days a year – that’s what I’m like without it.
Don’t worry, you first met me after I’d lost about a stone. However, I put a lot of it back on again last winter, so I’ve been shifting it again this year.
Aesthetically a bit of extra weight isn’t a problem for me because of my height, but it only takes half a stone (three or four kilos) to put enough pressure on my stomach to start the reflux thing up again.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:28:48 +0000

Gordon – that must be what I’m doing wrong: I hadn’t tried the Scottish accent! Your more serious point is dead on, though. As the healthier lifestyle starts to take effect and you feel better, you forget exactly how bad it was when things go wrong. So you start to push it, bit by bit – a late night here, a vindaloo there – until It decides to come back and remind you why you made the lifestyle changes in the first place. My reminder to self will be something along the lines of “Go back and read that blogpost and tell me you want to do that again, fuckwit”.
Muraii – spot on. Why work in just one timezone when you can work in three, lunch is for wimps, I’ll sleep when I’m dead, etc. In aspiring to the very best of the Carpe Diem, Just Do It lifestyle, I seem to have inadvertently acquired the thought processes of its very worst too.

By: ModSue

ModSue — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:27:57 +0000

hey Stuart. There are definitely medications for this (not over-the-counter drugs, but prescription medications). I assume you have discussed with your doctor and have decided agasint them? If you haven’t been to the doctor in a while though, there are definitely some new medications out there.
If you lost weight, I’m not sure we could find you anymore. You’re already quite thin I think…