Did you know that way more women than men have Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Want to know why? I have a little story to illustrate exactly why.
I have IBS, and right now my bowels have gone on strike. Fibre, stool softeners, lots of water, oatmeal – nothing will get them moving. Right now, everyone is out beside me and Boo. She was watching TV. I decided that it might be a good time to go and sit and see if I could encourage action (if you had told me when I was a teenager that I’d be discussing such things in such a public forum, I’d have been mortified).
Anyway, I collected the newspaper and went upstairs to the bathroom and locked the door. That’s right, folks. I locked the door. I placed a physical barrier between myself and the other living things in my house.
Of course, the silent alarm went off, alerting Boo and Jasper, who were downstairs in the basement watching Dora together. They were upstairs in a shot. Jasper settled down right outside the door and stuck his nose up to the crack at the bottom and snuffled. Boo told me she had to pee immediately, but needed my help because of her dress. I told her she’d just have to go to the other bathroom and give it a go herself.
She came back wailing, claiming to have hit her knee. Oh, the screams. Is it bleeding? I asked. She told me she couldn’t see if it was bleeding, because if she leaned over to look, she would fall down.
At least the screaming blotted out the sounds of Jasper’s pathetic snuffling. I still got tired of it pretty quickly.
It escalated. In quick succession, her stomach hurt, she was too hot but couldn’t get the dress off, she was too cold, and she was hungry. All required wailing and rattling at the doorknob. Jasper decided to help out by scratching along.
Nature chose not to call.
Ha ha, I hear ya!
Mine started with a boyfriend who told me he’d kill himself if I broke up with him. Yikes!
A while back, nature wasn’t calling for like 2 weeks. I tried EVERYTHING and then I made myself spend the like 80 bucks and got a bottle of xango juice. I was moving in two days…spledid! When I say I tried everything, I really tried everything. You can get into some weird web pages when researching enemas!
Oh my, yes. Been there, claw marks on the door and all. And don’t think you can sneak off when they are outside either because sure as hell someone will fall down and put their teeth through their lip.
As a fellow IBS sufferer (only usually the kind who has to plot every bathroom in the plaza and on the 401) you have all my sympathy.
You will live through it because you are arguably one of the bravest people I have ever met. Pity it isn’t a problem you can mention and be sure of some sympathy about, eh. Except here. And you have all mine.
You know what helped me more than anything when I was in the constipation phase? Beer. No kidding.
Cripes. Now my computer is doing the time travel thing. It is actually the 3rd, 11:30 pm.
Thanks about the brave thing, Mary. I’m not convinced, but it is nice to hear it. (After all, I’m not the one going hiking in Bosnia on my day off, like some people we know.)
I’d try the beer if it didn’t give me migraines! There’s always one problem making solving the other one more difficult. Like I’m supposed to eat lots of raw veggies for the IBS (and weight), but only eat soft, easy-to-chew stuff for my jaw problems. It is downright silly.
It isn’t your computer being screwy with the time. It is WordPress. I can’t figure out how to tell it where I am accurately.
Pluckymama, I’ve never heard of xango juice, but I’m off to find it anyway! Hope it is better tasting than prune juice.
xango is mangosteen juice. It’s very tasty and you only take 2 ounces a day. Gosh I really hope it works for you because it’s expensive!! I know it really cleanses your colon and it’s the only thing that got me going. It’s an amazing product for your health anyway. Helps with many things…
You might have to find someone who sells it, usually you buy it from individual sellers like you’d buy avon.
There is a tiny difference between brave and foolhardy.
Too bad about the migraines. Also too annoying about the cat. At least it wasn’t one of the kids.
Hugs, and I hope you have a good time.
They sell Xango in pyramid type schemes. I buy it for my petit probleme. You drink 2 ozs. 3 times a day and it costs $25 American a bottle of 24 oz. I got it through my chiropractor. Can inform you how to get it if you are really interested. The marketing may put you off – it sounds like snake oil – you know, “good for what ails you.”
Cheers.
Ya it is a pyramid thing but xango does work. I found that taking 2 ounces once a day was enough.