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.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Jun 12, 2008 6:39:22 pm PDT #3263 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Steph L. - Jun 12, 2008 6:43:18 pm PDT #3264 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
vw bug - Jun 12, 2008 6:55:33 pm PDT #3265 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
billytea - Jun 12, 2008 7:01:24 pm PDT #3266 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I kind of gave him the opportunity to run tonight, and he didn't. Craziness.
From which we can surmise two things:
1. He likes you.
2. You're not, after all, dating Bruce Springsteen.
vw bug - Jun 12, 2008 7:02:37 pm PDT #3267 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Heh. Made billytea look crazy.
And, yes, you're probably very right on both accounts.
billytea - Jun 12, 2008 7:05:44 pm PDT #3268 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Made billytea look crazy.
Oh, thank goodness! I'd been blaming my new haircut. (Wallybee's contribution was to ask, "Look crazy?!")
Burrell - Jun 12, 2008 7:06:30 pm PDT #3269 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Steph, I was going to suggest Imodium, but it sounds like you may not want that. I'm guessing it's most likely something you ate, not the OB exam.
Laga - Jun 12, 2008 7:54:44 pm PDT #3270 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
{{{you guys}}}
beth b - Jun 12, 2008 8:10:38 pm PDT #3271 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
the exam might not be the cause of sudden exodus, but the timing sounds right. And actually -- if everyone is leaving that fast it might be best to let nature take her course. tomorrow should be soon enough. My worst case - zero control situation, I was fine even though I didn't see a doctor until the am
Fay - Jun 12, 2008 8:58:03 pm PDT #3272 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Got pseudo stood up/(series of unfortunate events)-ed
Okay, that sucks. What happened?
Steph, health-ma to you, love! (Although I didn't read the whitefont.)
First World Glee:
Today the Year 5 kids got my Starbucks order right! AND their teacher said I couldn't pay, because they messed up yesterday's order - and dealing with customer satisfaction is, after all, part of what they're learning. Yay for latte!
Aha! CrazyBlindDate Guy! 'kay, yeah, I like it.
Krispy Kremes are always and wholly associated with Xander in my head, because it's not a brand I had ever heard of prior to BtVS. And then we ate them at the F2F. And they were gooood.
eta
Jilli - have just started reading Vampire Kisses, despite the slightly unpromising front cover, and am utterly disarmed by how totally the protagonist seems to be Wee!Jilli. Quite possibly the cutest thing evah. Bless.