Okay, WAY TMI regarding gastrointestinal distress of the me variety:
ever since I got home from the gym (not quite 5 hours ago), I've pooped about 6 times. Accompanied by lots of stomach pain. Well, the pain is constant low-level discomfort right up until time to go again, at which point it becomes painful.
Also, this is not standard texture/color/etc., but it's not what I would call runny enough (sorry) to be diarrhea. It....lacks structural integrity, but isn't watery, if that makes any sense.
You don't even want to KNOW what search terms I've run through Google.
So I've been drinking a lot of watered-down Gatorade b/c I don't want to get dehydrated, and because my stomach hurts too much to eat solid food (other than some plain egg noodles a little bit ago).
My plan is to keep drinking Gatorade and go to bed (and hope everything remains chilled out) and see how things are in the morning. Versus going to Urgent Care right now. I don't see what they could do; it's probably (1) a bug of some sort, (2) a sudden coup in my intestines, or (3) stress. They would just hydrate me, which I got covered.
I guess....is there an OTC med I could/should take to make my guts calm down? (Each time I run to the bathroom, I'm *sure* it has to be the last time, because there's nothing in there but Gatorade. And yet there's always more.)
I hate to send The Boy out to the store for Pepto-Bismol, you know? Especially if I can just sleep this off.
All right, I know that was disgusting, but sometimes I *ask* medical questions, not just answer them. Sorry.
Steph, I would get ahold of some Pepto. If you do that much longer you're going to end up seriously dehydrated and need IV fluids.
YAY, GC! How exciting!
Hey, babe, we are all about the overshare. I wish that I had some advice to give you.
Steph, I would get ahold of some Pepto.
Man, I just hate to ask The Boy to go out this late.
Well, nothing says *I* can't go.
Steph, I'd send the boy. You need to be close to a bathroom, not to be gross...
Did you eat anything today that you don't normally, Teppy? Sometimes that will do it to me. I discovered recently that oranges are my laxative of choice.
gallstones? Sounds like the consistency I get sometimes.
Again, without wishing to overshare, I have IBS and have had many similar days. For me, it's usually stress related. Imodium should help reduce the number of trips to the bathroom. Ginger or mint tea is worth trying, and things with bubbles seem to help me.
Did you eat anything today that you don't normally, Teppy?
I was wondering if I got a Killer Tomato, but everything I ate was something from home (and tomato-free).
Oh! I had a Krispy Kreme glazed this morning (not hot; from a boxed dozen a co-worker brought in).
DAMN YOU KRISPY KREME!!!!
The Boy suggested it might be a gastrointestinal coup, since at my OB/GYN appt, the Dr.
did a rectal exam,
which was new. The Boy suggested that that may have unsettled things and led to a rapid exodus. Having never had anything
*enter* my butt
(it's always the other way 'round), I hadn't considered that that might have been the cause (or a contributor). But I also can't undo it.
My Google search has turned up the phrases "megacolon" and "TOXIC MEGACOLON." I know they aren't anything to laugh at, but can't you just hear them in the booming Monster Truck Announcer voice?
w/r/t drugs: I already take (ironically) a drug for intestinal woes; it's similar to Imodium in that it's meant to slow motility in the intestine. Anything else I could take, including Pepto, might be overkill.
I *think* everything is starting to settle down, so I'm going to take my Gatorade and go lie down and see if everything stays settled in my MEGACOLON.
