A bad night ruins my happy mood and I can't stop crying - so much pain
#88348 - 07/09/04 03:16 PM
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Stephie
Reged: 03/10/04
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Loc: Vancouver, Canada
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Hi all,
I was so excited to be going out tonight - My boyfriend and friends have been goign out so often lately and I always either don't go, or go home early 'cause I want to be well for work the next day, am trying to get enough sleep, blah, blah, blah... but tonight is Friday and I was so excited to be going out to the pub, and then out to go dancing in a club.
I was fine all day. No D Attack in a month as of yesterday. So I get all dolled up, and out we go.. I feel a bit funny before we leave, but just ignore it and decide it's nerves.. So as we start walking and get these stabbing pains in my stomach. Like it takes my breath away. Again, try to ignore and carry on... So we get to the the pub, sit down for a bit and now I am having to slouch over in my chair as my stomach is hurting so badly. Try and breath, try and be calm.. but my eyes are watering as the pain is so bad and it's making me feel dizzy and like I'm gonna be sick. So I decide that's it, I am going to go home and chill out and if I am feeling better when they are gonna go from one place to the next, I will re-join. So boyfriend walks me home, and it just keeps getting worse. Pains so bad, all through my stomach. And I really think I might be sick. Takes ages to get home, I'm crying now. Get upstairs to my room, lie down and just LOSE IT. I mean really lose it. The pain is so bad I can't stand it, but more than that I was _so excited_ about going out. I was so thrilled at the idea of getting some semblance of a normal life back, and it just got snatched right away.. or so it felt, anyway. I just couldn't stop sobbing and sobbing and shaking and my boyfriend kept sort of arguing with me, telling me I shouldn't be upset, that it doesn't matter but I _am_ upset and it _does_ matter to me because I have been so looking forward to it.
I still feel so upset, and the pain is so bad that just sitting here to type this is agony.
I am so upset. 
--Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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Aww, Steph...
#88351 - 07/09/04 03:27 PM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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Just sympathy and *hugs*. I was so excited a week and a half ago, I was feeling so good... and then wham. I've gone a week now where all I can safely eat is crackers and water. I know all about the crushing disappointment.
I know you're in a lot of pain, but try to relax... have a bath, and dig out the heating pad... and I really hope you feel better *quickly*.
*hugs*
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I'm so sorry you are in pain and couldn't go out with your friends. I know how bad that must make you feel. Do you think you could have eaten anything that brought on this attack? What did you have yesterday?? Could it be food poisioning or the flu? You have been doing so good I hate to see you have a setback. I bet you will feel better later after you rest for a while.
Good luck
Barbie
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This IBS business sure is a roller coaster, isn't it? It's so frustrating when you think you're doing well and then something like that happens.
Next time tell you boyfriend just to let you be sad so you can move on. Nothing is more aggravating than someone telling you how to feel!
Feel better soon! Have some peppermint tea!
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I hope you are feeling better Steph. I was doing well for 2 weeks and now out of nowhere, i was sick this morning. The last few times I've been out with my friends, by the end of the night, i always have pain and all i drink is water. go figure. I know you're bummed, but keep your head up. It will get better.
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Steph, it sounds like a full-fledged attack. Don't you have some antispasmodic meds? You need peppermint caps, Hyoscyamine, or even Donnatal.
Did you find out what caused it? Do you keep a food journal? Just when you were doing so well. Hmmm.... what could it be? Did you increase your SFS? We need to find the culprit.
I can understand your frustration; I've felt that way many times. But it's worse for you because you're so young and want to go out and play. I am SOOOOOO sorry you're going through this.
Please try to find the culprit so it won't happen again. And, while it's upsetting, you WERE doing much better, right? You just had a step back, that's all. Tomorrow it'll be two steps forward. Meanwhile, baby yourself -- and let the BF help you with it. Take a hot soak in the tub, then curl up in bed with a heating pad on your tummy and some Tummy Mint tea. Sleep it off.
Keep us posted.
Bev
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Man that BLOWS..
and I can sympathize.. sometimes I just want to pull a fit and say what the h-e-doublehockeysticks?!?!? I am 22 YEARS OLD.. I want to go out and have fun.. and not have to crap my brains out at any given second.. Its like i'm a slave to IBS.. I don't even let myself have fun sometimes cause i'm so worried about having to go on the way there.. or being stuck at someones house and having a bad bout of D.
I can totally sympathize.. especially since EVERYONE around us can eat pizza, and drink tons, eat fried mozzerella. I mean my ex(vinnie) wouldn't even plan pooping in his day.. its not even something he thought about or planned his day around.. I mean he just like went whenever he had the chance...ISN'T THAT THE LIFE?!?!? we dated for a looong time and were very comfortable with each other and I'd always ask what does it feel like to have a normal bm.. he would look at me like I have five heads and say I never thought about it.. I was like how can you tell you have to go?! I can't even imagine what it would be like to be "NORMAL"
Sorry if this message is a lil incoherent.. but I had a few budlights before writing.. hehe. lucky i can do beer. thank the lord.. I can participate in some 22 year old activities.
Anyways, I'm sorry your big night out BLEW.. it especially sucks when everyone around you.. especially your boyfriend.. can walk back out and meet up with everyone when you're sitting in pain. ugh..
let me know how you're feeling now.. and if you made it back out.. and caught up with your man!
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Sweetie!!!!
#88419 - 07/09/04 08:55 PM
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peaches
Reged: 09/28/03
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Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana
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I'm so sorry!!!!! Maybe you could plan another night?? I'm SO SORRY!!!!!! I totally know what that feels like! It pisses me off every time! Now that I work in the restaurant, everywhere around me is like, onion rings and cheese fries, cheeseburgers, and STEAKS (it's a steakhouse - ya know  ) and when my coworkers order fried shrimp, I have to give in!!!! IT'S SO YUMMY!! Thankfully we usually get food at around 10:15-30 and we close at 11 so it's alright. My mom's worried I'm gonna start smoking because that's when she started. Working in a restaurant when she was 16. But I don't plan to start smoking, so I think I'm alright 
Get better, Stephie!! (You don't mind me calling you that, do you? I heard it on Full House when I was like, 8 and I've always loved it lol )
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Hi all,
Does anyone else get that? Like, the night before is the attack and it's AWFUL but the next morning isn't so pleasant either? Like a hangover.. without the fun of being drunk the night before? 
Anyway, that's for all your replies. I don't know if you noticed but it sort of stopped abruptly 'cause I was in too much pain to keep sitting here and typing last night, so I wasn't able to come back and read replies or anything! I had to lie down on my tummy, on a heating pad and try not to move. I went downstairs at one point to make myself some tea and could barely make it back up the stairs, but was trying to 'fake it' so boyfriend's parents didn't see me - I know I shouldn't but I still get really embarassed about being sick. I hate being that girl that's "always sick". I made 2 huge cups of tea - one was fennel and peppermint from fresh stuff and one was peppermint and cammomile from a tea bag. I dunno if they helped, or if it eventually just passed on it's own or what...
As for the anti-spasmodic, I was on one 'til I went to see my new doctor. I didn't really notice any improvement on them. He told me to stop taking them after my first 2 weeks on the anti-depression medication 'cause it should do the job. Was that wrong? Should I take peppermint capsules when this happens? How many can I take? I ask because once when this has happened before, I took one and it did NOTHIN'. So maybe I should have taken a couple? I dunno..
Last night I also took a WindEase in case it was trapped gas but it didn't help at all.
I cannot believe how awful last night was.. I've had _a lot_ of IBS attacks but that was the most painful thing I've ever had. Today my stomach is still hurting quite a bit, and I have to stoop over a lot and think I will end up back in bed.
I am supposed to go to a "Beach Party" at the pub I used to work at tonight, but I think I will just not think about it 'til later on when I don't feel like someone is drilling holes through my belly.
I ate pretty normally yesterday, the only thing I can think of is that I made some garlic toast and when I wasn't feeling well, it kept repeating on me.. nothing horrible, but since it did that made me think maybe it was the culprit? I dunno..
I still didn't get any D, just this horrible pain. Bah, it's coming back more now the longer I am outta bed. I'm starving 'cause I didn't eat any dinner after that and it's almost noon now but I dunno what to eat. Maybe some toast, and then potatoes for lunch?
Thanks again for all the responses, and being so understanding.
--Steph
P.S. For Ashley, I totally know what you mean about other people not even thinking about going potty. I once thought, "I wonder what it's like..." and asked one day and they said basically the same thing. My boyfriend was like that too, except lately his stomach has been really acting up. He knows Guiness does it to him, and spicey food.. but he carries on eating them so I figure it can't be that bad!! Still, I think the rushing to the toilet once in a while has made him a bit more sympathetic to it.. although he is still completely clueless about why it makes me so upset when things when last night happen... men.. oy.
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Steph,
I am so sorry that you were feeling bad last night. I am a little behind today responding.
I was having a bad night myself and all the same thoughts went through my head I would love to just be normal and not have to worry about bathrooms all the time. I saw a couple walking outside today eating ice cream and I was very envious. It does feel like we are slaves to IBS at times. Then there are other times when we feel great and don't think about it as much.
Take care of yourself today and I hope that you are feeling much better.
Janey
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