Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: In "Dear Abby" today...

I'm glad you posted this. I get the evil eye from a lady who was waiting outside the stall I was using. I was having an attack in my car and pulled over to a Wendy's fast food restaurant to use their bathrooms. There were 2 stalls to the bathroom, and someone was in the 1st stall with her child, so I used the larger, handicapped equipped stall.

Someone with a walker started banging on the door as I was just starting what proved to be a terrible D attack, and although I kept gasping out "Occupied!" between my teeth between contractions, she wouldn't leave the door alone. By the time I got out, the stall next to me was still occupied and the walker lady just glared at me as I passed her by, appologizing to her!! (?!) She made no imediate move to use the stall though she'd been sweating me for 5 minutes.

I mean, come on. I've waited for a stall too when I was going in my pants. I know what it's like. I wanted to tell her to quit shoveling fast food down her gullet and maybe she'd be in better working order. But I have no right to do that any more than she has a right to get on my case about having a public case of D. Jeesh.

~nelly~

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