I know in the grand scheme of things it's not a terrible illness. Symptoms come and go and for long periods of time I can be totally fine and symptom free. But when symptoms do appear they happen fast and it's really impacting my mental health too. I've posted about it before but had a sudden flare up on Friday. Literally left work feeling fine and went straight to the school run. On the way I started feeling a little gurgley but nothing major. By the time I got to the playground I was sweating, hopping about and desperately trying not to shit my pants! Of course ds was the last child out 🤦🏻♀️ made it home but it was such a close call and must have looked crazy to the other mums.
On a serious note it's experiences like that that absolutely ruin what should be nice occasions. Even if Im ok the worry of having a flare up is there. Ds has recently started playing rugby and most weekends involve a home or away game. Home is fine as we have a pavilion type building with toilets but lots of the pitches are just on playing fields with no facilities. I've missed the last few away games because I've been worried.
I take precautionary Imodium but they don't stop the anxiety and obviously don't help in situations like the school run where I've felt fine beforehand and not pre emted a problem. Sorry for the rant it just really gets me down. Anyone else?