It's Official--the stress has gotten to me!

Well, I went to the doctor yesterday because I have had this pain in my stomach for about a month now and he tells me that I probably have an ulcer. He ran some tests and hopefully we'll find out for sure by the end of the week. I flattered myself all these months thinking that I was doing so well at handling all the stress. I guess I was, other than getting a hole in my stomach! :) Maybe it's not the stress, maybe it's just getting old. Actually, they now know that ulcers aren't caused by stress or spicy foods like they used to believe. But they say stress and spicy foods can make them worse. That explains why this pain started within an hour of eating some really spicy food at a Mexican restaurant. I can think of much worse problems, so I'll be grateful if an ulcer is all that it is.