operant conditioning

[rmd]

it's been over 2 years, and my tests and CAT scans are clean, but i still think OMG!! TUMOR!!! when i get a bout of plain old ordinary gas pain.

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[kjc.livejournal.com]

CANCER FREE! WHOOPEE!

I know it's probaby a split-second freak-out, but seriously - when you have regular gas, you don't look like pale, watered-down misery sprawled on toast, moaning quietly in pain.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

well, it was a bit worse than plain old gas pain. this was double-over OW OH MY GOD kind of pain, but then it stopped hurting (well, after a couple of bouts over about half an hour). so, yeah. definitely not cancer.

my current theory is 1. something really bad with dinner. probably a chicken wing since claudia had no distress and she ate everything i did but the chicken wings. 2. a really bad reaction to a new (to me) sweetener i tried in my tea yesterday (although i'd had a smaller dose before with no ill effects, so either it's not that or there's a sharp knee in the graph of the tolerance i have to it).

[hanseth.livejournal.com]

What sweetener?

(ObCancerRelated: Every time I feel a lump in my breast I'm convinced it's cancer. Usually it goes away with my cycle, though.)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

xylitol. i've been drinking way more tea, so i've been experimenting with a variety of sweeteners to find something that makes the tea sweet without making it too sweet.