Despite the fact that I'm a vegetarian, I've been wildly adventurous with experiencing world cuisine. So long as there wasn't any meat or mushrooms in it, I would try just about anything. I've had some incredibly spicy curries and questionable preparation of various foods... but my stomach is like cast iron, and I've never been worse for wear. And that's been the case for as long as I can remember.

What I am very easily affected by are medications. Which is the reason that I try to take as few of them as I can.

But sometimes it's unavoidable if I want to... you know... live, and stuff. Or, at the very least, live comfortably.

The latest I'm having to take came with a list of side-effects. And high up on that list is diarrhea. Which is to say that I'm 100% guaranteed to get it. Which is fine, because Imodium exists. But it's not like I am dying to take that because sometimes it causes more problems than diarrhea does.

Like I said, medications are problematic.

So it's a gambling game.

Is the gurgling in my intestines going to end up being bad enough that I should take the Imodium? Or will it be a minor event and I can proceed safely through my day without it?

As you can imagine, guessing wrong can have very dire consequences indeed.

So as I get older, I find myself less and less willing to chance a diarrhea incident gone terribly wrong. Which is why I'm seriously thinking about buying stock in the company that makes Imodium.

Sure it's insider trading, but who doesn't listen to their bowels when considering investments?