I need to stop reading FR...
I could have told them that YEARS ago.
STRESS, TENSION, WORRY...CONTRIBUTE TO PHYSICAL HEALTH.
Avoid them if you can.
I blame stress for my now-asymmetrical “top part”.
One thing I’ve learned with ulcerative colitis, is that stress makes it worse, or causes a flare in the first place. I can’t say I’ve mastered stress, I’ve learned to deal with it so that it doesn’t control me.
I truly believe that stress makes our bodies susceptible to a LOT of bad things.
Case in point: one of our nieces led a very active life. After her mother ( my wife’s sister in law) died from cancer, she took the lead in caring for her Dad, managing his affairs-it didn’t help that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s- she sold his house, placed him in assisted living, as well as worked a full time job and dealt with her own family’s issues. She was running herself ragged. But she ALWAYS had time to talk to my wife on the phone. I think it helped her relax.
Last summer she made us aware that she had cancer. It really spread fast this past fall and early winter. Her last couple of weeks she really went downhill, and we lost her mid-January. She was only 51.
Perhaps her cancer was genetic, I don’t know. With the information you’ve given here, I can’t help but think all the stress she experienced only made things worse for her.
Stress definitely kills.