Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Yikes, I'm heading up to my first hyno appointment tomorrow!

When I first got my appointment it seemed so far in the future (14 weeks), but now it feels like it's come around in just a matter of days! I'm really nervous already, as it involves more car travel than I've done in about 8 months, and I've had a bad tum the past 2 days.

I keep trying to relax, but it's so hard! Jamie's come home from work today with a really bad migraine, so I don't feel like I can really dump it on him tonight either. (He's in bed in a darkened room at the moment bless him)

My plan/iteneray so far, which I've carefully planned to both help my stomach and reduce my anxiety:

3pm tomorrow - drive up to my parents house, about a 35/40 minute drive. Jamie will drive up to join me after tea, but I want to get this first leg done first as my car's just out the garage and I'd rather test it in the light.

7/8pm tomorrow - we head over to Cheshire to the hotel. Should take about 1hr 45min I think (used to make the journey weekly but it's been so longed I'm damned if I can remember! Tho just checked routeplanner and it says 1hr 15min door to door, so fingers crossed...)

Wednesday - my appointment is at 10.30am, and they ask you to get there no earlier than 10.15. We are 3miles away, routeplanner says just 9 minutes away, so will leave at 10, as we have to park in a public car park, etc, and I'll definitely need the loo soon as I get there.

So that's my plan! By doing the first bit up to my parents I'm trying to break the journey down a bit for me. If my car is ok we'll be taking mine and I'll be driving, which is always best for my anxiety as I'm in control. Have even planned my food, after eating 99% safe food today - bagel for breakfast tomorrow, small sandwich for dinner, baked potato for tea, bag of Walkers Lites Ready Salted for snack on way to Manchester. Taking small sandwiches as packup for Wednesday, and, depending on my tum, will have either half of one for breakfast, or no breakfast at all. Will be taking at least 6 Immodium both days to try to keep my D under check.

Everyone please keep your fingers crossed for me! I'm guessing this first session won't actually involve hypno, more an introduction thing, but don't really know. I will have to make the same trip once a week for 12 weeks, but the stress is definitely worth it if the hypno helps. Can't believe how long I've been nearly entirely housebound for!!

Yikes, the butterflies are giving me stomach cramps already...

Think it's the journeys rather than the actual session, as for the second leg there are no toilets for about 30 mins, which is terrifying for me at the moment. Usually once I'm in an appointment with someone new who I hope can help me my concentration on them and what they're saying gets me through ok. (Touch wood) Though I'll be nearly poooping myself before I go in, can't help it!

Oh flip, need to run to toilet...

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