This is a rant...and it contains references to poop. So...if either is not your thing, please do not proceed.
I am tired of people sometimes.
People that do not understand chronic diseases. People who do not understand chronic pain. People who ask "How are you doing?" and when you have to provide answers relating to your ...well, poop related answers, i.e. constipation or diarrhea often come up....they go "Ewwwww I do not want to hear THAT!"
Then why ask? It is a colon/intestine disease. I often answer "I am doing OK" or "I am in pain" or "I am not doing so well" and then people probe for more....so I hem and haw...and then the subject comes up, as it must....so then I get the response.
If you don't want to know, don't bring it up.
Yeesh.
I read this on Facebook, so I thought I'd quote it here....I hope it is OK.
What Crohn's feels like-
It feels like someone is grabbing your intestines with a pair of pliers and is twisting it tighter and tighter.
Or like multiple knives jabbing you in the gut at the same time repeatedly.
It feels like someone is filling your stomach with so much air it's about to burst into a million pieces. Or like battery acid is eating you from the inside out.
When I feel it, my mind goes blank. The world is mute and the pain rings in my ear. I pray within, " God please make it stop." I take a deep breath and hold it in. Frozen in position, I wait for it to pass. With every wave I become a bit weaker. My body becomes tired and I become emotionally drained. The day ends when I fall asleep and then I wake up and do it all over again
Sorry for being such a downer tonight....I just am tired of people, sometimes.