I'm somewhat cynical about the reasons behind any CDC guidance, along with most of the other political decisions about covid. At a guess, the calculus involves providing an inducement for the vaccine-hesitant to get vaccinated, and/or risks from vaccinated people being low enough that they won't swamp ICUs even if they all revert to pre-covid behaviour. But that assumes there's a reason related to covid risk, rather than e.g. politics as usual.
Meanwhile, I'm finally going to get my first covid shot, about a month earlier than I'd have preferred, because avoiding other people's assumptions that "everyone has been vaccinated" is getting more difficult locally.
With regard to IBS - I picked up that diagnosis a decade or so ago, and when it manifested, utterly out of control, I was off work for a considerable period while I learned to manage it. (It wasn't the only thing wrong with me, but the only other diagnosis I picked up was "depression".) It's worth taking seriously. If it's anything like mine, it does mild, unnoticeable periods - and then it does varying degrees of worse. It often flares if I'm otherwise ill, and reliably flares in the presence of job stress.
As someone currently struggling with cancer, I hereby officially inform you that I don't think you're a wimp. The accumulation of little things can too easily add up to misery. Growing older is not for the faint of heart. And simply coping with all the things can be exhausting even when they are individually minor.
I'd offer my personal set of IBS coping strategies, but the truth is, bodies are all different, and IBS covers a wide range. My strategies probably wouldn't be useful to you.
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Meanwhile, I'm finally going to get my first covid shot, about a month earlier than I'd have preferred, because avoiding other people's assumptions that "everyone has been vaccinated" is getting more difficult locally.
With regard to IBS - I picked up that diagnosis a decade or so ago, and when it manifested, utterly out of control, I was off work for a considerable period while I learned to manage it. (It wasn't the only thing wrong with me, but the only other diagnosis I picked up was "depression".) It's worth taking seriously. If it's anything like mine, it does mild, unnoticeable periods - and then it does varying degrees of worse. It often flares if I'm otherwise ill, and reliably flares in the presence of job stress.
As someone currently struggling with cancer, I hereby officially inform you that I don't think you're a wimp. The accumulation of little things can too easily add up to misery. Growing older is not for the faint of heart. And simply coping with all the things can be exhausting even when they are individually minor.
I'd offer my personal set of IBS coping strategies, but the truth is, bodies are all different, and IBS covers a wide range. My strategies probably wouldn't be useful to you.