I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day Weekend, and took a moment to remember why we all had a long weekend. My boyfriend and I went camping, we just bought a 5th wheel this year, and this was our first outing of the year. This was suppose to be a weekend of nothingness. Just to relax and unwind.
Well, that isn't what happened. & I ask you to read at your own risk. There's potty talk involved.
My weekend was ruined because of family drama. It got so bad at one point that I was nauseous and I'm emotional, but this was an all new emotional point. I've never had such a profound flare-up due to stress. I understand that stress exacerbates Crohn's but this weekend I learned to what extent. Sunday afternoon is when everything went down with one of my family members, and I tried to calm myself down. So I stepped away from our company, and went inside our camper for about 20 minutes. When I had finally composed myself I returned outside, but I had the worse abdominal cramping, and I had spiked a fever in those 20 minutes.
I knew that the stress that had just been added to me would make itself known eventually. Typically when I would stress prior to this situation I'd get abdominal cramping and diarrhea but it would subside after an hour or two.
That was not the case. I spent the rest of the evening with abdominal pain and a fever. The emotions had also drained me. I went to bed on our last night of camping at 7:45pm. I slept until 11pm and then I tossed and turned all night battling a slight fever, abdominal pain, and disgusting gas. At 6am I just barely made it to the bathroom. It was nice that we had a private bathroom in our camper, but the whole camper smelt by the time I was done. I would compare my bathroom use to that of when I had my colonoscopy. I couldn't leave the bathroom for an hour...it was absolutely disgusting, and I wish I could leave because of the smell. Once I had emptied out my bowels I still had some minor cramping, but the fever subsided. I had expected their to some Crohn's repercussion, but I really had never had it be that extreme before. We packed up camp after I was done using the bathroom, and tried to leave as quick as we could. I didn't want to be there anymore, and the fun of our weekend had deflated like a balloon.
I know life has its ups and downs, but what went down with one of my family members is a huge down. I trusted them whole heartily, and I was thrown by the way side for all the wrong reasons. My mini-vacation was ruined, and not only my time but that of my boyfriend and others we went camping with.
Now that my flare-up has subsided except for the obnoxious gas, I will move on. I am resilient, and like a Phoenix I will rise from these ashes. Take care readers, and here's to better days!
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