bizguyforfun

I was diagnosed with colitis in April, followed all my GI Doctor's instructions and prescriptions and I'm still pooping up to 22 times a day! What the hell is wrong with me?

Thanks for your input, it is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately my Doctors don't think that pooping with that frequency qualified for FMLA or Short term disability, so I have lost both my job and my insurance. When I asked my GI Dr. point blank if he could do his job while pooping with that frequency, he said "Yes"! What a fucking idiot, but that's what you get when you're in Tennessee with Hillbilly Healthcare!

Thanks, you have been more helpful than my GI Doc. I have tried all of the medical solutions that you offered to no avail. I am working on my diet to see what does or doesn't work. I haven't had greasy or fast food in over 6 months, am trying to eat bananas, rice, etc. and my proteins have been very limited. My pooping has now gravitated more to the AM, but taking 16 shits before noon is just not acceptable.

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My GI doc is an asshole, so I am working on getting referred to Mayo in Rochester. Meanwhile, I'm trying to figure out health insurance as COBRA is very expensive.

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Anyway, thanks for taking the time to respond...I feel like I'm a prisoner in my own apartment...a 20 minute trip to the grocery store is a gamble. Friends and family tell me to get adult diapers....that's a hard nope for me when there should be medical solutions! Having shit myself at work was awful, humbling an not very humane...so I guess I'll stay in my apartment until my doctors figure it out..

I would love it if I only had to shit 3 times a day! I have been diagnosed with colitis and I shit between 16 -22 times a day.

Anusol cream works pretty well...I would LOVE to have a bidet....Honestly, I'm not sure what my my life is going to be like going forward...this has been happening since Feb of this year...been on so many meds I can't keep track, and none worked so far. I am patiently waiting to get into Mayo clinic in Rochester, as that is my last best hope. I lost my job because I couldn't convince them that pooping that frequently was not conducive to work. I couldn't get my doctors to sign off on FMLA or short term disability. FML.