Shyting Myself...really?

[MissD]

Its back to work for me in 5 days and I am shyting myself. Not literally. Or possibly. Not figuratively. Or possibly. Who knows with this joyous disease hey?

I work at McDonalds. in the McCafe. Im your friendly barista. You want that perfect coffee to kickstart your day? Im your man. Well, woman. Whatever. The thing is this....I was going great til about 2 months ago when my symptoms started up, 6 weeks of cramping and d's. Im employed on a casual basis. If I dont work, I dont get paid. I had to take a week off before I was admitted to hospital, then I was in hospital for two weeks, then at home for one week now. Then its back to work. Im scared. Im only going because like I said, if I dont work I dont get paid, and Ive got two kids to raise here!

Its not like I can just up and walk off to the loo if I need to. Though thats whats going to happen if I need to right. What if Im still too weak to stand on my feet for 8 hours at a time? What if I have one of these lil panics I sometimes have now that Im taking pred? What if I forget too many things, like Ive started doing, also since i started takin the pred?

What if, in short, I cant do it? Talk about shyting myself here.

Dont worry, I'll suck it up, and I'll front up and see how it all goes, but im still allowed to shyte myself *and we've all done that havent we???*

 

[Teresa T]

Girl I cant count the times i have shyt myself....Wal-mart is like a natural laxitive for me....Its like my bowels are talkingt o my brain saying: "hey girls, lets let her get all the way to the back of the store ( the bathroom is all the way in the front) and then BAM, lets all of a sudden make her have to crap so she has to walk slowly to the bathroom" lol What I do and im not telling you to do so just want to tell you what helps for me...I tkae 2-3-4 immodium 30 minutes b4 i know I an going to be out for a little while and that usually helps me. Or I wont eat for and hour, use the bathroom at home b4 I go anywhere...you are not alone I have crapped my self and its not like u can run to the bathroom cause it seems to hiut me faster... Hope I helped a little and hope you get thr d''s under control....God bless you!!

 

[MissD]

Im scared of Imodium, and refuse to take that shit again.

I had the dreaded d's for 6 weeks, went to my local gp before diagnosis, she said, here have a couple of thse imodiums, that will stop you up a treat! So i took em and they did stop me up a treat. They stopped me up for the next 7 days, by day 4 I ended in hospital, by day 5 whatever was now trapped in my bowels had gone toxic, or septic, or somethingic because thats when the 40deg temps kicked in, I nearly carked it, and voila, someone finally cottoned on the whole crohns idea.

From then on it was all hands on deck desperate to get hold of poo sample so they could find out what kind of damage was going on in there....turned out my poos were fine, though famous for the next week, because every time I pooed, anyone within arms reach had to come on in and have a look at it, someone had to pry through it, and then they would send it off for testing.

Imodium and I, are not friends. In fact, Ive never been more scared of anything in my life, and Ive survived two mother in laws and an audit from the tax office.

 

[Catherina]

Ha ha ha ha, yes indeed guys. Up to my boots!!! and not only one time. I have left full carts with stuff in the middle of the supermarket to run to my car to go home and ........ not to make it on time. At work, I have to lock my office behind me, run through a corridor, down the stairs, another corridor and then the lock of the toilets. Did anybody see John Cleese's 'funny walk'?? He must have been inspired by Crohnies.

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

Miss D, I work a desk job. I can get up and use the bathroom when I need to. I don't know what I'd do if I had a job like yours where I would have to stand for the entire time and not be able to run to the bathroom if I had to! Do you enjoy your job other than those issues? Are your bosses and co-workers understanding about your illness?

 

[MissD]

Cat a Tonic :...........out of all the jobs Ive ever had, this is the one I like the best. Ive done the desk job thingy, Ive done the great outdoorsy type jobs, hell Ive even washed cars and worked for the government. Ive had my own businesses and hated it.

I like coffee, cos welll, I like coffee and I like people in small doses, and I like the total no stress of it all. I put my hand out at the end of the week and collect my pay, without having to worry about anything at all. No worry about making money, paying wages, all that stuff. Its just make some coffee and collect your pay. I love going home at the end of the day and not worrying about whats going on at work. Cos all that is going on at work, is coffee.

I dont know how my bosses and co workers go about being understanding of my illness, cos Ive only just known for the last month that Ive got one, and before that the only symptoms I had I totally ignored anyway. So its all about to change for me. I hope they are understanding, I also hope that things c arry on how they have been and my symptoms stay as they always have, able to be ignored until a major flare throws me in hospital again!