Job+Bowel Issues=Anxiety

Luv2Run

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Joined : Apr 2011

Posts : 9

Posted 6/3/2011 2:22 AM (GMT 0)

Hello everyone, just hoping for some advice on the topic of working full time and having bowel issues. I haven't been officially diagnosed with Crohn's but I did have a colonoscopy and there are ulcers in my colon. My only problem right now is diarrhea, and lots of it. I am taking cholestyramine powder with applesauce twice a day to control it and it is helping pretty well as far as urgency goes but I am still having loose runny stools. I just started a new job working on an assembly line where I can't use the bathroom when I need to without causing a scene so I quit eating at work besides my cup of applesauce and meds. I am having really bad anxiety about having to use the bathroom over and over again and everyone seeing me or not having someone around to relieve me and having to shut the line down (a big no no) to run to the potty. Are there any other meds I can take along with the cholestyramine powder to bind me right up so I don't have to worry about using the bathroom often?

FunGuy

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Joined : Oct 2009

Posts : 1070

Posted 6/3/2011 3:28 AM (GMT 0)

I worked jobs for many years where it was difficult to use the restroom. Eventually it became impossible for me. You may indeed be able to control the symptoms for some time with drugs and starvation (I did) but if it turns out to be CD I would like to suggest you make a plan for a different line of work.

Hope you get a better diagnosis or many decades of mild disease.

Atmosphere

Regular Member

Joined : Mar 2010

Posts : 220

Posted 6/3/2011 10:08 AM (GMT 0)

I was working in Law Enforcement when my what is now Crohn's disease came around. It was awful. Needless to say, it did not work out.

There wasn't any amount of pills I could pop to make it work out. Just me....

Nanners

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Joined : Apr 2005

Posts : 14999

Posted 6/3/2011 1:20 PM (GMT 0)

Hugs!! Honestly there just are some jobs that we as Crohnnies cannot do. Sure you can use something like Immodium, but thats not something you want to keep doing on a day to day basis.

Now if they can find the right treatment for you, you may begin feeling alot better and won't have the urgency issues. But until then I am not sure what the answer is for you. Hugs!

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