Re: What are some hurtful things family members have said to you regarding your health?
02/07/08 08:47 AM
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Erilyn
Reged: 11/14/07
Posts: 743
Loc: Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
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My family and husband have been very good about my IBS. However my best friend can be a little ignorant about it at times. I was supposed to go to a Halloween party with her and her husband last October - I got all dressed up and got in my car to drive over there, and the cramping started. When I got to her house I headed straight for the bathroom. After I came out (they were still getting dressed), about 5 minutes later I was back in there again. And then a third time. I finally said to my friends that obviously I can't go. She said, "Well I'm sure there's going to be a bathroom at the party".  Of course there will be a bathroom at the party - but it's going to take at least 20-25 minutes to drive there, and then I don't want to spend the entire party in the bathroom anyway - FUN! - especially surrounded by total strangers who will no doubt be wondering why this chick keeps running to the can every 5 minutes. 
And other times she has just said the silliest things. I'll tell her one day that I am sick and can't go out, and she'll say something like, "it's not normal to have that much diarrhea all the time - you should see a doctor". Well DUH it's not normal - I HAVE IBS - and I HAVE been to a doctor and they can't do F-all about it!!! And I've TOLD you this about a thousand times! 
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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!
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