It Was a Day for a Miracle

After going downhill with pain, nausea, and D for10 days in a row, I was supposed to go meet my niece, her husband and their kids at a campground about 10 miles from my house where they were camping  for five nights.  I fretted about it the whole day before I was to go,  knowing how bad I was and how I would be stuck at some camp site far away from any bathroom.

That day (yesterday) I decided to go.  I told myself they were family and if anything happened they would understand.  It wasn't like I was going out in public.  So I talked myself into it and I went.  I was right about the bathroom.  It was a 3 minute walk uphill away from the camp site.  But I had packed my emergency kit and was prepared for what I was sure would happen. 

Guess what?  Nothing happened. My nausea went away, so did my d and all the pain.  I was with them at the camp site from 1 pm to 7:30 pm without any symptoms of CD.  The weather was beautiful, we enjoyed the lake, the kids made s'mores, I enjoyed the campfire.  All in all, it was a gorgeous, beautiful day with family. 

The moral to this story is never say never, and don't let the fear of this disease ruin your plans entirely.  IL had a wonderful day with my family.   Maybe you have a great day you'd like to share in which your symptoms went away long enough for you to enjoy yourself.  I am so grateful for mine.   

Aw ur story almost made me cry. Maybe thats the prednisone mood swings talking or just that it hits home. There have been so many countless times where I've had to cancel plans or leave early because of my urgency issues. Yesterday I was having a very bad day of diarrhea (30+ kinda day) and was feeling so lousy I cancelled plans with my two girl friends who both just had babies. I was so excited to see my best friends baby (as its already been 2 wks since I saw her the day after she was born in the hospital) and was looking forward to hanging out with the girls and letting the kiddos play. I like you, went back n forth the whole day and was anxious which only made my diarrhea worse im sure. Finally I was so tired from all the diarrhea I decided I would go for a drive to try to put my son to sleep so I could get some rest. Of course he wasn't on the same page as me and wasn't fallin asleep so I decided what the heck im already out worse case I get sick and have to leave. To my surprise I didnt feel the need to go at all while I was there (a small feet in itself as I had barely gone twenty minutes without rushing throughout the day). I was pleasantly surprised and on the way home my son fell asleep (at 6:30!) and stayed asleep til 8:30 the next morning. Oh it was a wonderful in to a very rough day

Such a lovely story,Thank you for sharing..wishing you many more days like this,

@txarmywife  So glad you had a similar experience.  It keeps  us pushing the limits of this disease.

@ sniper  I hope you're right about coming in three's.  I could use  a few more days like that one. 

@conmire Thanks so much for your kind words

@lamb61  You're right about the "normal" thing.  It is  so seldom I feel normal anymore that when I do there's something abnormal about it.

@zanne We all definitely do. So many hopes dashed with surgery that didn't provide any relief, so many doctors who don't seem to know what to do with us next. You, dunny2, ivy6, nanners, artist guy, sniper, kiwi, the list goes on and on. I was just hoping to give each of us a little spark in our spark plugs to keep turning over and keep on going. Good times and good days are possible.

you know this has really cheered me up. I've felt so frustrated the past few days...it's great to know that some miracles do happen!