Sick of being sick..

[minky]

Hey all,

Having such a crap day - literally ha ha..

Am at work at the mo and serioulsy I aint able. Just out of the loo again and was just asking myself what in the name of God am I killing myself for?? I am only newly diagnosed based on visual of the bowel as biopsies are clear. I was out of work there for the past 2 m so only back 2 weeks. Have GI app next month thank god so will see from there what the story is.

What is keeping me here is I am in the job almost 9 years and our contracts are up at the end of the year and if we are left go I would get statutory redundancy of a couple of grand which would clear a loan and if I got disabiltiy it would pay the mortgage then.

Oh sorry for the moan guys, just having a really crap few days. Just feeling so sick in my tummy and wrecked as my 15m old dd is v sick at the mo and up at night so things will look up soon.

Tanx for reading x

 

[Crohn's 35]

HI Minky, you sound like you are having a rough time. I still dont know how people cope and work at the same time. It has to be rough. I see why after 9 years you want to hang in there for the duration. Imodium everyday isnt good but you can ask your doc for Cholestyramine so you dont have D all the time. Usually one pkt a day is good. When I was going like 10 times a day, that was too much and everytime you go, you lose nutrients. Stay hydrated as much as you can. Bananas help to slow your system down. Not sure what more you can do til you see your Gi or GP. Having a child dependant on you is very hard, been there done that!

 

[imisspopcorn]

Feel better Minky ((((hugs))))

 

[minky]

Tanx for the replies girls. Hopefully this passes soon. Its more feeling sick than the big d, 3 doses today. Had a banana earlier but thats gone now i;m afraid.

One girl who works with me has crohns and on no meds, she says she is in a constant flare of being sick and runs. Ok, she never misses a day and she had an apple, banana and a bag of taytos for lunch and hasnt been runnign to the loo and gone off now driving for a mtg?? WTF like if that was me i'd be dead and aparantly she has a lot of allergies and intollerances. She is always in top form etc so dont know - maybe its just all a big front. WAs talking to her earlier about it and I said when i get a pain I have minutes to go and thats it - regardless amd she is like you learn to hold it over time (she has it since a child) - it aint happpendin gto me it u can :-( Its just sooooo annoying..

 

[Peaches]

Everyone is different - don't beat yourself up because she is different than you. AND...don't let her make you feel like you should be able to do what she is doing. If I have to go......I better be near a bathroom - and that is coming from someone who is pretty darn close to remission! "Holding it" isn't good for you anyway. Better to get it out. I'd be dead if I ate an apple to Minky - just get to know your body really well - listen to what it tells you - act on it if you feel you need to get to the doctor, and take care of yourself. Hope you feel better!

 

[minky]

Tanx for that peaches, am just after putting up a thread on is. I suppose at the end of the day everyone is different. I just can't understand the difference between me and her that's all. I seem to be constantly at the doctor and am saying to myself that i cant keep going this way with work etc fulltime and not at health but then I need the money and the otherside is if I was at home I would be only wallowing in it. I suppose just chin up and get on with it!! I hear ya about the apple thou as well. Die would be the operative work ha ha

 

[pain in the butt]

Sorry to hear about your day. Wish your GI app. was sooner for you. Sounds like your under alot of stress we all Know thats not good for our Guts . Don't be sorry for moaning we all have our days thats what we are here for Hang in there .Hope your baby gets well soon . Take care of yourself ok

 

[maximus]

I know how you fell, almost every day for me. No one in my world gets it, at all. Even my GI doesnt give a rats rear. All the have tried me on is asacol. My c. scope was clear, it was done early on in the begining. My ibd pannel was barely negative. But Ive been very sick. I had unexplained iritis, aches ad pains before crohns symptoms.

a few years ago I found dark soda, coffee and other things caused me problems. Alcahol makes me ultra sick.

A few months ago came the diarea and such. Cramps. So Im confused by it all.

I wouldnt even have the asacol if I didnt call and complain a million time and show posotive for s. cerevisia antibodies.

But most of my days are hell, so I feel your pain. My GI could care less, and others.

Anyways, I feel for ya, and hope you eventualy find that magic word, remission.

Ive never seen it.