Before I give my monthly update, I want to go back to last month for a minute.
A week after I posted the November health update, I went out to lunch. About 3 a.m. the next morning, I woke up with my stomach grumbling and growling. A half hour later, I was hit with that oh so familiar "get ready to run to the bathroom!" feeling. Sure enough, I found myself dashing to the toilet. I had straight diarrhea, but no blood or pain.
This happened three more times in the next four hours. But then I was fine the rest of the day.
However, it happened again in the wee hours the next morning. After a few days of this, I took an anti-diarrhea pill and all was well again.
I have no idea what happened. I had eaten at that restaurant many times before without any problems. I had ordered the same food. There was nothing out of the ordinary.
It has taken some time for me to come to the important realization, that my stomach is just more sensitive to things than it was before I developed ulcerative colitis. More things are simply going to cause gastrointestinal distress that is not a flare. So I wonder if there was some small thing that caused my intestines to spew everything out. Or maybe a restaurant employee passed something to me through the food. I don't know, but one of the frustrations of this condition is sometimes not knowing what is going on.
Now on to the current update!
Other than the restaurant debacle, I've been doing very well. My stool is better than it has ever been since I first became sick. My urgency has become much better. And this has all been while experiencing extra stress this last month. (You can read about it in my non-health December post.)
So all is good for now. Hopefully it will continue!
Next update: January 2026, Why Is There So Often a "However"?
Previous update: November 2025, A Short Update, But That's Good!
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