Wedding tomorrow night

I am in the wedding party tomorrow night and I am flaring big time. My BM's are in excess of up to about 20x again per day sometimes more. I am dying here. is there anything I can take to get me through the day and most of all get me through standing up at the altar w/o having to make a mad getaway!

I guess the only thing to try is Imodium...unfortunately, it doesn't do a thing for me when I'm in a bad flare like that. But, you could go ahead and get some and try it tonight to see if it helps. I'd probably also get some disposable underwear. Sorry to hear about the bad timing.

thanks, guys. I will def. try the immodium.

I think I am getting to the point where I am going to have to go to the hospital instead. I can't even keep things down anymore and going to the bathroom 2x/hour sometimes more. This is horrible. What a friggin horrible disease this crap is. I may miss my best friends wedding now because of this. God darn ... sorry for the rant. I am just in a lot of pain right now.

That really sucks Anthony, it's one thing to be a guest but to be in the wedding party makes it that much worse....sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures, definitely think you should give the imodium a try and my own personal experiance tip is doing a phospho enema first thing when you get up in the am, to at least try and clear out what's sitting in the colon/rectom close to being on it's way out...I've done this and as horrible as those enmas are they have helped during desperate times...I hope things work out in your favor for tomorrow.

:)

Again, thanks guys. I just boosted myself back up to 40mg on Prednisone. I had no choice. Apparently I am going to be on 6MP soon because I can't come off the steroids. Now I just hope that nothing gets screwed up. Wish me luck.

In my experience, a couple Tylenol-3 with codeine can shut you down minimum four hours depending on your body weight. I've also used immodium, but it doesn't respond well to my body during a heavy flare-up (nausea, bad gurgling sounds, discomfort); also, it can stop you up (if you take too much) which can apprarently distend your colon. I'm not a doctor though and am only replying through personal experience. Hope you improve soon!

Well, I made it through the wedding. I think the boost on the prednisone def. helped. I was getting pretty nervous up at the altar and one of my friends was noticed me starting to turn pale and start to sweat. Either way. The groom was very happy I made it and I must say I was very happy I was there for him. Thank you guys. Now I am paying the piper as we speak, but, again, I am glad I made it and I am glad you guys helped out!

yay!
For future reference, I found lots of churches have a bathrooms not far from the altar near whatever door is used at the front of the church.

     Glad you made it through the ceremony Anthony.  When I am flaring, I miss Mass.  The bathroom is in the basement of the church and I KNOW I would never make it downstairs in time.  Are you still taking the prednisone?  Can't quit that cold turkey ya know.  It may have devastating results.

glad to hear you made it through!!
I know my own wedding was very nerve-racking!
I almost had to run down the aisle myself!! haha

     I've been on 6MP for over five years.  It will take anywhere from three to six months to kick in with the prednisone.

Glad to hear you made it through something that could have been awful.  That's great news. 

I know this is a bit late, but in case anyone is wondering, when I used to have something important to do while flaring, I would take a dicyclomine (anti-spasmodic) and some Tylenol or Hydrocodone.  It can make you a little groggy, but it totally relaxes your bowels and even your nerves (which can be good when standing up in wedding).