For My Tummy

Humor about Align ™ for IBS

Funny [or not so much]
I was using a feed validator to check on the feed for another blog, when I thought to myself: “Why not check ForMyTummy.com?” I entered the name of this blog into the RSS validator, and one of the problems it highlighted was as follows

“line 342, column 0: style attribute contains potentially dangerous content: align (2 occurrences) [help]”

followed by this code:

ul style=align: center;

I suppose that if I were to take a message from this about the ForMyTummy blog, it would be that it’s dangerous for the blog to have so much content about Align. There should be more coverage about other aspects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

Align is Safe
Align, more than any other dietary supplement or probiotic for IBS has been tested for safety, as well as efficacy. That is, it is safe and effective specifically for IBS.

Align Promotional Discount Code
Moving away from the lighthearted, I want to mention again that I have a promotional code you can use to buy Align. Write a serious comment to any post on this blog, send me a message at tummyblogger [at] gmail.com that you have written a comment, and I’ll send you the promotional code for the $5 discount. We don’t know yet whether it is reusable; I certainly hope so.

How to Comment
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August 25th, 2007 Posted by tummyblogger | humor, general | 2 comments

Represser-Sensitizers with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

The term Repressor-Sensitizer is a psychological term used to describe a certain kind of reaction to the discovery of symptoms or of illness. This kind of person, and I’m one, is accustomed to just keeping on keeping on, just hanging in there and getting it done. Until, that is, she or he notices signs of illness, or a usual test produces unusual results, or the doctor sends the person for a lot of dramatically invasive tests.

Then the ability to ignore small physical things that are not quite right goes out the window. Every shift and change in physical functioning gets noticed, felt strongly, and worried about. This is the shift from repressing bodily discomfort to becoming sensitized to every twinge–in your inner ear, in your kidney, and, of course, in your intestines.

I want to introduce the term ‘repressor-sensitizer’ in advance of a discussion next week of two very recent high-profile articles in the medical journal Gut. I think it helps to have the main term I’m going to use clearly in mind before reading my critiques of the Gut articles.

August 25th, 2007 Posted by tummyblogger | Medical, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digesting Information, IBS Symptoms | one comment