My job is kinda hard to explain. I am sort of like tech engineering support. I have an office job and can go use the bathroom whenever I need to -- but where I work is a pretty intense environment and missing a lot of time is a big no-no. I try to make up the time as I can, but mainly I just use up all of my vacation days one at a time on being sick. Luckily my boss is very understanding.
The main problem is that I am also in an on-call rotation, so there are times when I have to answer my cell phone 24/7. When someone calls, it's invariably an emergency, and there's nothing worse with someone calling you about a system being down when you're in the throes of an attack. Also, I have found that when I am woken up at two a.m., I get super-acidy, which invariably leads to D. Lucky me.
I don't think I would mind attacks at work as much except that all the !@#$ing lights are on motion-detected timers. So if you are huddled in the bathroom stall for longer than 10-15 minutes, the lights go out. This is horrible enough, but extra-humiliating when someone walks in while you're still doubled over in agony and wonders why you're sitting there in the dark!
Overall, it's not perfect, but for someone w/ IBS, it's not too bad. If I switched jobs, I'd make sure it was still in a similar office environment.
It must be so hard to be a teacher and have IBS, especially if you are a D. I hope you figure out something that helps.
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