#also for my GI issues??? I’ve always struggled with the ‘eat more fiber’ advice because it never helps and often makes it worse | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

the-trans-dragon · 2 years

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I’m discovering an important part of aging. If I have a problem that I’ve never found help for, I have to manually ask myself, “How long has it been since you tried?”

If it’s been 3+ years, there’s sometimes new tools or strategies or knowledge, and it is crucial for me to periodically check for new help for old problems. Otherwise I will just suffer needlessly. Even 1 chronic thing is fucking exhausting and it’s so cool to finally finally finally get it fixed, even if there isn’t help for all of my Health Stuff.

#this is kinda about dentist work and GI issues #when I was 18 I asked for the dentist to fix something and she said no. lol. she said it would probably fix itself and that the surgery for #it was frustrating for the surgeon and the patient and it was painful and tricky.#but I have dental insurance now and apparently after 8 years they now use lasers and it takes like 30 minutes and isn’t that bad!#also for my GI issues??? I’ve always struggled with the ‘eat more fiber’ advice because it never helps and often makes it worse #but recently! a doctor explained various types of fiber! and recommended I increase one and decrease the other! and I’m so bad at changing m #my diet so it’s a slow process to test out the advice. but so far it seems to be helping! either that or the slight improvement is coinciden #either is possible. but still! new knowledge! new strategies! new understandings of old strategies!#it’s really cool #soren learning to survive capitalism

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