Hi Friends,

I want to tell you all a story of how I started having severe stomach problems around January 2017 and how I resolved the issue without listening to my doctor. Don't get me wrong. I have an amazing doctor, but he is bound to a two dimensional way of using pharmaceutical to drugs to mask an issue.

It all started with pain during a business trip. I couldn't even speak on the way back home. The pain was intolerable. Soon after, I started getting upset stomach no matter what I ate. Even simple things like salad would send me to the bathroom. If I wasn't going to the bathroom, I would be severely constipated for three days straight.

It's now March and the problem hasn't gone away. My beautiful wife of 8 years forces me to go to my doctor. I do. He sends me to get an ultrasound, urine/feces test, blood test, and prescribes something for my constipation. Now, when I looked up what he prescribed, I realize it was medication for people who have severe IBS. Not knowing if that's what I have, I decided to hold off on a medication with severe symptoms.

All my tests came back normal. My doctor just wanted to put me on more drugs. I wasn't going to let him control my life so I started taking matters into my own hands.

A little about me and my lifestyle:

I am 31 years old
I have a stressful and successful director position at a very good agency
I eat very well (90%+ organic with lots of fruits and vegetables)
I am deeply in love with my wife. We got married very young at 23
I live in the center of one of the most expensive cities in the world (Vancouver British Columbia Canada)
I work with data and test different results for better conversion. This just means I test ideas to increase revenue
I take very good multivitamins
I exercise

How I changed my lifestyle to help with my stomach issue(s):

I stopped eating bread and rice.
I stopped eating seafood
I slowed down at work and spent more time with my wife
I started eating less meat and when I ate meat, I made sure it was not an extravagant amount
I started taking probiotics religiously
I stopped drinking coffee and just stuck with black/green tea
I stopped to enjoy my gorgeous view
I started thanking God and the universe for what I have and apologized for anything that I've done to hurt myself and others. I did this everyday. I am not religious, but I felt the need to do it
I stopped caring about things I shouldn't

Lone be hold, my stomach started getting better. Not by a little, but a lot. I felt like everything was coming back to normal.

Now, it could be anything from that list, which solved the issue so I started testing. I started eating more rice, more meat, and seafood again.

You know what was left? Stress, stopping to smell the roses, spending more time with my wife, and of course probiotics :)

There you have it. There is a very high chance that this was all stress related.

Tell me, did any of you experience something like I did? Did you resolve the issue? Do you have questions for me?