Gastritis: A condition where the lining of the stomach becomes inflamed and irritated, causing pain and cramping, nausea. Causes: smoking(guilty!), excessive alcohol consumption (every so often), gastric surgery(nope), and increased levels of gastric acid secretion caused by stress (voila, I think we have our answer here folks!) For those of you that know me well, you know my tendency to worry-warted-ness...and as a Virgo, any time I'm feeling stress, emotional pain and discomfort it manifests itself in a very sad stomach.
which brings to mind a certain memory from this same time frame last year, similarly stressed out and worried about things as I am currently. While working away one afternoon an ache from the pits of hell developed in my belly, doubling me over, sending me running to the bathroom for fear of projectile vomiting in the lobby of the clinic. Lovely vision, right? Once the pain lessened a bit, I tried to return to work as normal, but "normal" consisted of being unable to sit upright without spasms of pain sending me back to a hunch for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Finally the work day was done and I got in my car and headed towards home, hoping I could just crawl into my warm bed with my dogs and it would all work itself out. How I made it home, I don't quite recall. After laying in bed, full on fetal position for an hour or so, I kept thinking to myself "when Fiance gets home, maybe he will take me to the after hours clinic down the hill"....more time passed, more pain, becoming more unbearable, I finally called my then Fiance and asked him if he could come home and take me to see a doctor. His response: "...why? You'll just end up paying him a bunch of money to tell you to go home and lay down, it's a waste of time" Ouch. Ok. I'm on my own here I guess...
looking back on that, I'm thinking that was probably a bout of this awful "itis", as I'm now affectionately referring to this little disagreement between my gut and the rest of my body, the thing about this "itis" of mine, and anyone else who gets it, is if left untreated can lead to ulcers and cancer. Great! (sarcasm, folks)
As one who believes that the Universe sends things like this to us as learning experiences and reminders of past lessons learned, my thoughts are that this current itis is merely a reminder that I left that situation last May, for all the right reasons. History repeats itself and a lot of universal bull shit has been sent my way lately, hence the stress and worry and "itis". It is my theory that if I can rid myself of the "itis": the pain, unnecessary inflammation and worry from my atmosphere, perhaps I can then rid myself of the "itis" in my gut! Ok Universe, I'm paying attention now.
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