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thanks! I only called out sick twice since sept so i'm trying not to feel bad about it.
Plus YES I am unpaid! I'm required to do it for school.
Anyways.. no actually BM last night.. just wiiiicked pain and cramps. Almost worse.. no release! 
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It's the fatigue!
#232071 - 12/16/05 11:17 AM
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You're a saint for thinking of me when you're going through so much yourself, Michele. {{{{{HUGS!}}}}} I just called the pharmacy to see if they would give me any more codiene (10 days early, yikes!) and they're going to check with the doctor. I may be able to slip by because of the holidays, so fingers crossed!!
You know what's weird? The pain itself I can work through, but the fact that it saps all the energy out of me is what knocks me out. I haven't left the apartment in 2 days because I'm bone tired all the time. I acomplished SO MUCH before that... I went to visit my friend and his mom, I met up with BF for lunch, and I hosted my mom for a movie last week with no problem! Of course, that's when my stomach was stable too!!  
I agree BF needs a good throttling. Maybe I'll train the dog to chew his pillow or something. 
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Last month, I almost went to the emergency room because I had a really bad attack like that at midnight! The pains were GOD AWFUL and I couldn't pass ANYTHING AT ALL!!! It hurt soooo bad..... I wanted to die. I was sick for 2 weeks after that night. I think chinese triggered it. I had eaten chinese that day because I was feeling better. Steamed chicken and veggies (yes, broccoli included! Yikes!!) on yes, fried rice not plain white rice! OH, I won't ever do that again!!!!!!!
Hope you feel better soon!!
HUGS!
Michelle
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Motrin!! Aigh!!
#232074 - 12/16/05 11:25 AM
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Nelly
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I can't believe it. Motrin!! *Gag gag cough cough* What nasty stuff!! Why not just drill a hole straight thru the stomach and administrate it THAT way, for all the good it'll do!! 
I've cracked a rib too once and oh the pain! I can't imagine how awful it must have been WITH bronchitis (I've had that too but never together). I got tylenol too, ugh. My parents didn't believe in pain medication for children (don't get me started). You can imagine how I feel about the dentist even today. 
I'm glad your stomach is doing better now. I had a long talk with mine this morning and threatened it with starvation if it didn't cooperate. So far so good, and I've managed to keep an english muffin in me, but the real tell is when I go pee later. Every time I pee I run the risk of spontaneous D, especially right after an attack. So I'll know when I empty my bladder if this attack is over or if I have to fight another round...!
HUGS TO YOU!!
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Hi Nelly,
Sorry you're feeling sick again. It's just awful when you arrive at that point where you know the attack is coming - you pushed over the edge - however you got there - and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I HATE that feeling!
I saw everyone echoing sentiments of attacks - I think it's a holiday thing - holidays are awful times for stress and being forced to eat food we have no business eating!!
I havn't had an all-out attack yet - but that's good since attacks for me generally point to inflamation as opposed to spasms (neither are pleasant, but spasms will, eventually, stop - inflamation has a whole different route). I'm on my period though and have yucky cramps. REALLY anemic too - so I'm with you on the fatigue - it's crushing isn't it!
I hope you get your codein - def. better than tylenol! I know you're on the tea/gatoraid thing now - how long is it for you usually until you can think about some toast or something?
Hope it's better soon Nel!
Hugs to you!
Min
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Yea, the bronchitis is what caused the rib to crack ...from what the doc's told me, anyway.
I was also standing watch in sleet for 12 hours (with the bronchitis), so it just got worse and I started coughing so bad, I couldn't stop and then I collapsed from the pain when I cracked the rib. It was INTENSE!!
They rushed me to the emergency room and I got out of standing duty for the rest of the weekend!! Whooo Hooo!! LOL!!
That's so IRONIC, Nelly!! Everytime I go pee, I have to hold back a BM, too. I hold it back until I absolutely can't hold it anymore because I'm always afraid that once I go, I won't be able to stop!! EEEEEEK!!!!! 
Glad you and your tummy have come to an agreement, today! Well, so far anyway. You know how much our tummy's actually listen to us, though. Maybe it's just ignoring the fight right now.....LOL!! NO, I Hope Not!!
Speaking of English Muffins. I have never had one before.
Well, I just ate HUGE pumpkin spice english muffin about an hour ago. UPS brought 6 bags of them to my door. They came from my husband's family for christmas. HUGE fresh english muffins from some gourmet food company. MAN, THESE THINGS ARE ADDICTING!!! I love them!!! Didn't give me an attack either even though they contain wheat. Very Fresh!!! YUMMY!!! These things will be gone by next week......LOL!!
Just make sure and keep eating, Nelly....you'll feel better!
I just had a HUGE BM a little while ago and took an imodium. Haven't went again...so, I think I'm good.....??? We'll see......
*HUGS*!!
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Hey Min!
#232087 - 12/16/05 11:50 AM
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Nelly
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Thanks, Min! I started slow on the tea yday, then upped my intake this morning. After I was feeling like I wouldn't go again soon I did some gatorade-- great for electrolytes, but a little hard on the tummy. I toasted an english muffin about an hour ago (I was really shakey so I knew I needed food) and that's sitting pretty well for the moment. I don't want to try and more food until I pee next, though; if I pee and don't have another bout of D, then that's the all clear to try some chicken broth and saltines!
Ugh, cramps are the worst! You have my sympathy (and empathy!!). Do you have iron supplements for the anemia? Iron tabs are really hard on my stomach, I hope you have better luck with them. I cruise the Crohn's & Colitis board sometimes when I'm in pain to get a dose of other people's reality. It's extremely sobering and makes me all the more thankful for my good days.
How's work going, btw? I saw on the news there was a shooting/stabbing at the Ascot Lounge on 17th and L Sts. next door to where I used to work and I became nostalgic for the DC scene (weird, huh?).
Oooo, I don't want to seem anxious, but I really want to call the pharmacy and see if the doc's approved the early refill. I'm going to check my email and take my mind off of it...!
~nelly~
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Re: Hey Min!
#232108 - 12/16/05 12:27 PM
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English muffins are a good start...and oooh, chicken broth and saltines - what a gourmet surprise we have there! I know you're trying hun, and that's good.
I can't do iron pills either. I've gotten shots a couple times that were easier to handle, but things have to get really bad for them to do that - almost to the point that you should be getting a blood transfusion. I was adventurous with lunch today and had some soup with beans in it - that has -some- iron, so maybe it will help. I also slept a ton last night (when you really can't move it helps to sleep, you know)...
Work is going - November was super busy and that did get to me a bit, but December has been much lighter so far, so that's good - next week I'm working Monday and Tuesday and then I'll be off for a whole week - I'm massively looking forward to it!! Didn't hear about the whole Ascot Lounge thing - but I know right where that is - it can get a bit sleezy down there late at night.
I saw your post on BF's raise - congrats!!! I'm anxious to see what mine will be after the 1st of the year.
We'll be hoping for you on the insurance thing too!!!
Good luck!
Min
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My worst attack was actually about 4 or 5 years ago. And, it was so bad that I hardly remember it. I literally blacked right out. I half remember waking up in the hospital hooked up to an I.V. (dehydration). The last thing I remember was trying to sip some gatorade after a round of D & vomitting. My mother found me in my appartment.
I have had attacks so bad that I have been dehydrated, so...Nelly you are totally doing the right thing with the Gatorade/chicken soup/saltines. It's funny, but veg. or chicken broth really restores me after a huge evac. I find, though, that dry rice krispies or rice crackers stay down better for me. A banana would launch another round of attacks. Ditto for applesauce. But rice krispies work.
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Cool idea about the rice krispies... I hadn't thot of that. I'm doing a lot better now, and am clawing myself up to "almost stable."
Oh yeah, there's no way I could do acidy foods like bananas or applesause after an attack!!!!! I had an english muffin and some plain spaghetti yday, then another eng muffin this morning with some chamomille tea. And LOTS of imodium, LOL!
I hear ya on the vomiting with D, Wind. That's the last time I was hospitalized, too. I think we should all have saline bags in our bedrooms! Nothing better than being rehydrated and not having to drink anything!! It would be the best legal drug! When I get saline IVs in my arm, I can actually feel my kidneys plumping up with fluid. So nice...
OK, off to try out my new TETLEY CHAMOMILLE which just arrived!!!
~nelly~
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