Warning: graphic, crude, visceral humor as a way with coping with a messy and painful condition.
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According to medical textbooks, IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. My son has more accurate words to assign to those hated letters. Those words are I Be Shittin'. And it is the truth. But if that were the only problem, it would just be an annoyance. However, with those excessive bowel movements comes screamingly painful abdominal cramps, sweating, chills, shaking legs, and a desire to drive a harpoon through one's abdomen and end the agony.
This has, comparatively, been less bad than some occasions when the pain was bad enough to rival labor cramps, but still, no picnic. There have been a couple times when the pain was so bad I thought about going to the ER. This time I just have a hot abdomen, some painful cramps although not knock-me-over painful, and the inconvenience of having to go to the can every 15 minutes.
How do I know its IBS and not just something I ate?
The bowel movements with IBS, at least in my case, are often normal consistency, they are just too frequent, and there are accompanying abdominal cramps. I sometimes have constipation, sometimes diarrhea. But whatever the case, this shit sucks. I guess I just have to count my blessings that a bad bout generally only happens about once a month. Some people have to face the horror daily.
This has, comparatively, been less bad than some occasions when the pain was bad enough to rival labor cramps, but still, no picnic. There have been a couple times when the pain was so bad I thought about going to the ER. This time I just have a hot abdomen, some painful cramps although not knock-me-over painful, and the inconvenience of having to go to the can every 15 minutes.
How do I know its IBS and not just something I ate?
The bowel movements with IBS, at least in my case, are often normal consistency, they are just too frequent, and there are accompanying abdominal cramps. I sometimes have constipation, sometimes diarrhea. But whatever the case, this shit sucks. I guess I just have to count my blessings that a bad bout generally only happens about once a month. Some people have to face the horror daily.
5 comments:
I never really considered what normal consistency of shit should be. Yet you would be surprised how many takers I get when I tell people I have fudge in my butt and offer them some. They especially like it after I have eaten a lot of walnuts. It feels so good to be 'normal'.
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I think maybe Mother does know best. My mother suggested that I could be somewhat lactose intolerant. As an experiment I drank a big glass of milk. Lo and behold, symptoms of IBS! I should either take Lactaid or drink rice milk instead and see what happens.
Have you ever considered celiacs? My mother suffered the typical IBS symptoms for years - Turns out she had Celiacs ( www.csaceliacs.org)... it has made a world of difference for her.
I found your blog through the word hemodialysis - Hey, not everyone one is miserable on dialysis. I have been on it for quite a number of years and love and live life.
Just so you know!
Yech! Sorry!
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