Reged: 10/11/04
Posts: 53
Loc: New Jersey-dont laugh!
Hi Nelly-I'm so sorry it took me so long to answer your post about what I do when I have the "double over pain" at work. I have been too busy at night to even log on here...when I'm at work, I just run to the bathroom-I drop what I'm doing, I get off the phone if I'm on it with a customer, I just get up and walk out if I'm in a meeting...& everyone at work knows why! I let everyone know what's happening with me, that way I am excused from being rude or whatever they may think about my sudden departure. When I am in "IBS" mode I take Xanax medicine-twice a day- for anxiety because these attack days make me very upset and anxious. They seem to help keep me a bit calmer than if I didnt take them.I dont take them during my remission periods....ya know it's actually rather funny to think of what I look like when I come out of the bathroom at work...my face is beet red from grimacing, my legs are beet red from me bending over, my hair's a mess and I look like I've been crying (and sometimes I have)for days! Thank god my co-workers are somewhat sympathetic, but I am a hazard to them because I am in the bathroom 15 times in 3 or 4 hours and I just cant answer the phone or talk to my customers-they dont say it, but I'm sure they have some silent anger. I mean, how long can they tolerate this endless scenario? After 3 hours of pain, I take 1/2 tylenol with codeine and it shuts down my digestive track & i can continue work without bathroomitis...sometimes its the only way i get through the day-I had to beg my doctor for them. Most docs dont like to give out narcotic pain killers to digestive tract disorder patients because they have the potential to abuse them and develope a resistance to them & because they do shut down the intestines and ultimately that is not a good thing. Therefore I save that measure for desperate times...(like when I'm going into New York City to see a show! Cant be running down the theater aisle every 2 minutes!) Maybe you can talk to your doctor about some meds to help you out, too. But I sympathize with you immensley-I didnt know other people get that kind of pain,too-I dont know anyone personally-I thought I was all alone in this great suffering. Please communicate more with me with any suggestions on how you handle your bad days "out there in the ordinary day". Thank you all for having me here on this site-I wont be able to log on daily-but I will be here when I can. Anybody live in New Jersey?
-------------------- Puddytat55-I tawt I taw a puddytat!
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Re: Does anyone here have pain predominant IBS?
