2 AM is not my preferred time to be awake. But there I was this morning, wide awake all of a sudden thanks to sudden horrible cramping and an urgent desire to run to the bathroom. Lovely.
I spent the next 45 minutes in the bathroom and the next hour after that laying in bed wishing my belly would stop hurting so I could fall asleep and not have to be back in the bathroom.
Apparently that worked because it went from 3:30 to alarm time at 5:00 very quickly. But I still felt horrible.
This, I think, it payback. My body’s way of reminding me who is in charge. You see, I went for my follow-up appointment at my GI doctor yesterday. And I told him how great I had been feeling and how I hadn’t had diarrhea much at all in the last month and how things in general where much better. And then my intestines decided to laugh at me.
They have a cruel sense of humor.

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April 20, 2007 at 11:18 am
Cherrie
Hi~ just came from the IBS self help website…. I’m so sorry that your flare up made you feel so down… Hope you’re already feeling better…
I totally feel you. Night pain and D isn’t fun! And at times like this it does feel like our tummies are being cruel to us… Just remeber that you’ll have good days after this… Try not to think of it as a struggle for who’s in charge between you and your body — and maybe try to think of your stomach as a child acting up and you have the power to calm it down (as you did before)…
Feel better, sweetie!
April 23, 2007 at 7:32 am
confessionsofabathroomdweller
Hi Cherrie
Thanks for your kind words. I am feeling much better thank you.
April 25, 2007 at 2:20 pm
david
Next to the “D” itself, that’s probably the next main reason I havent been back to work yet, after almost a year. I’m just now getting to a point where I can actually sleep through the night occassionally. Maybe every other night if I’m lucky. The nights inbetween are still pretty rough, up and out of bed in a hurry every hour or so sometimes. Or sometimes just laying there wide awake cause it feels like I might have to go soon, even if I don’t. I am, however, seeing gradual improvement, so hope, I have.
April 26, 2007 at 6:55 am
confessionsofabathroomdweller
Wow David. Out of work for a year? That makes me feel like I need to sit down, shut up and quit bitching.
I hope things continue to improve for you.
April 26, 2007 at 7:02 pm
david
nah, keep it up. There’s a fine line between bitching and sharing your struggles.