Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Pain that Lay in Wait/Anxiety of the Pain to Come....My Story (Entry # 3)

Entry taken from previous document of my experiences


The month of August was a great month. I went on vacation to Long Beach, California and had the time of my life at the Long Beach Jazz Festival.  I felt wonderful and free.  Of course since my episode in Canada, I knew I couldn’t plan vacations and trips like normal people.  I did know I couldn’t be on vacation when my period was about to come on or was on because these were the only times that I (at this point) suffered from the pain of "ibs."  

I think I planned my trip to California about 3 -4 weeks before going.  Again, I say that I felt wonderful and free, because truly I hadn’t felt that way for a while.  With work, I was traveling all of the time it seemed and my body was just plain tired.

Going through the type of periods that I had, left me exhausted much of the time.  Well, like I said, August was a great month, until…. until I got back from my trip.  Although I should have been sick before I returned from my trip, thankfully, I was spared.  Maybe my symptoms didn’t kick in because I was so relaxed, I don’t know.  But when they did kick in, Oh. My. God!  


I was sick in pain for about 7 or 8 days.  I missed a week of work.  When I did try to go in because I thought I was feeling better, after about 2 hours, I soon found out that was a big mistake.  Getting home from work, I was in excruciating pain.  


I went to the hospital that week.  The hospital staff was great!  Love them!  I don’t know exactly what they did, but they made me feel better.  I was only there for maybe four or five hours, but I was finally able to get some sleep - some rest.


Are you experiencing or have you ever experienced this type of debilitating pain? Do you know of someone who's experiencing this type of debilitating pain?

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