#trinecomics asks

I actually use a heating pad now. I think I’ve been using one for a bit more than 1 year now, maybe 2? They are very helpful, and portable in the way that you don’t have to ask for hot water if you know there will be a plug nearby.

I’ve never tried the stick on ones though. That’s a great idea for when I’m traveling, since its hard to use a heating pad or hot water bottle in an airport or car. 

I know the feeling. Butsometimes that’s just how ibs is. You can literally do nothing wrongand do everything right and still your digestive tract will punishyou for it. It’s illogical, and it makes no sense, but that’ssomething I’ve accepted at this point. If I’m doing everything Ican and I still end up flaring up, I just accept it and when peopleask me why I flared I just go “lmao my body’s stupid and it makesno sense” because I have ibs and it freaks out over absolutelynothing. That’s basically what this illness is.

Ifeel like this can be better way of thinking because it puts theblame on your illnesses and not on yourself. Because it’s not yourfault! Honestly, your illness is dumb and most doctors don’t knowshit about it, so it’s amazing that we know as much as we doourselves and can manage it as well as we do.

And I know how unbearably painful andfrustrating it is, especially when you’ve been doing so well for solong. It’s like all your hope gets crushed in one fatal swoop. Butthe only thing you can really do is get back up and keep trying tomanage it. Keep trying new things to find out what works best for youand your body. Different things work for different people.