bad gut day. canceled plans. lying on the bathroom floor like its a normal tuesday. it is, for me.
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Do I have IBS. The lists wanted a chart. I had a meeting that needed an exit
Do I have IBS sat in the search like a dare. The lists wanted mucus and a tidy column. I had a meeting that needed an exit and a stall I could not explain in the invite. I did not take a quiz. I did not open a cancer tab. I had a maybe that would not become a sentence. Did “do I...
IBS flare. It was the 2 p.m. meeting. I was still standing
Two p.m. I stood up from the chair because the flare had arrived, and I was still in the building. Not the bathroom floor at home. Not a canceled Tuesday. There was a meeting that did not move and a stall down the hall that had to. I came back with the same badge and a face that...
Bloating after eating. The plate was ordinary. The waistband was not
The plate was ordinary. A lunch that was supposed to be nothing. Then the waistband became the rest of the afternoon. This is not a clock that turns without food. This is not yesterday’s jeans and a hard front from a different month. Same sandwich I eat on a quiet day. A differen...
IBS anxiety. They pointed at my head. The bathroom had not been asked about
They pointed at my head before they asked about a bathroom. The cycle they meant was worry. The cycle I brought was a stall I had already timed between two rooms. This is not a supermarket aisle and a cart I abandoned. This is a visit that used anxiety as the whole sentence. Did...
IBS diagnosis. Everything was normal. Then the leftover word was IBS
The folder said normal. Bloods, the other test, a sentence about nothing showing. Then IBS sat there like a leftover, as if the word were what remained when the pile had been used up. I had not come in for pain letters on a pelvis chart. I had a stack of fine and a name that arri...
IBS vs IBD. The clipboard had the other letters first. Then they swapped
The clipboard had the other letters first. I heard the D. A later sentence took it off and left IBS. I did not get a table. I did not get a quiz. I got two sets of letters in one room, and a wait while they decided which ones would stay. Did a room use the other letters first — f...
SIBO breath test. Hours with a tube. The bags had labels
The bags had labels. I sat with a tube and a clock that only moved when they took the next one. Hours. Not a kit from a cart. Not a price I had searched. The wait was the test. I left with the same clothes and a mouth that still tasted like the drink they had given me to start th...
IBS constipation. The stall ended. The appointment would not finish
The stall ended. I washed my hands like the appointment were over. It was not. Something in there had not finished talking. This is not a floor Tuesday. This is not a meeting I stood up from still in the building. This is leaving a door while the thing I came in for was still mid...
Food triggers for IBS. Safe on Tuesday. Not on Thursday
Tuesday that plate was quiet. Thursday I ate the same thing and it was not. I did not get a PDF. I did not get a tidy column of foods to bury. I got a lunch that had moved, and a Thursday that would not explain itself with Tuesday’s calm. Did a food stay safe on Tuesday and fail...
Post antibiotic IBS. After the course. The gut did not come back
The bottle was for a sinus week. I finished it. The bathroom did not return to the week before the bottle. There had been a before. Then there was only after. This is not a cart of capsules. This is a baseline that would not come back when the course was over. After a course that...
IBS diarrhea. The errands were ordinary. The map was toilets
The errands were ordinary. Pharmacy, then the other stop. The map was which doors sat between them. I was still walking. This is not the bathroom floor at home. This is not a meeting I stood up from still in the building. This is a route that had become toilets. Did diarrhea arri...
IBS mixed. Monday the stall would not finish. Thursday needed the map
Monday the stall closed early, as if the appointment were still open. Thursday I needed the map between two ordinary stops. Same week. The calendar would not pick a side. I did not get two pages stapled. I got seven days that would not stay one letter. Did mixed arrive as one wee...