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How Strange My Life Has Become!

GeoffCJ

By GeoffCJ
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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GeoffCJ Enthusiast
GeoffCJ
Posted

I'm 31.

I have a disease.

It requires me to be VERY careful about what I eat. I have a hard time with it.

When I do a good job, the clearest, most immediate symptom of my doing a good job over the week is in the restroom.

Thus, when I do a good job, and it "shows" I'm quite proud of myself.

Meaning I derive satisfaction from my BMs.

Such an odd part of my life.

Only you guys could understand.

:P

Geoff

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Nantzie Collaborator
Nantzie
Posted

:lol::lol::lol:

I totally relate.

:D

Nancy

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted

Know what you mean. When I went gluten-free and I saw my first solid after 15 years of constant D I felt like telling the world. Thank goodness for friends and family my world is very small. :)

confused Community Regular
confused
Posted
Know what you mean. When I went gluten-free and I saw my first solid after 15 years of constant D I felt like telling the world. Thank goodness for friends and family my world is very small. :)

I can so relate to you, Yesterday my hubby came home and i was like honey i went to the bathroom by myself and it was great, he was like i am so proud of you. I had been taking an laxative for one day, but that was on monday lol

paula

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

I understand completly. I feel that way too. You are right though, only we would be able to relate. All our nonceliac friends would look at us as if we were crazy.

johnsoniu Apprentice
johnsoniu
Posted

How refreshing to know that I'm not insane for gauging my life by the quality of my BM's. That's why I'm so happy to have found this forum, because you all ARE the only people who would understand.

Jo.R Contributor
Jo.R
Posted

LOL. After I had kid, I had said to a friend I never thought I would enter a life where BM's would be normal conversation topics with other mothers. Now I'm the one who is excites when I "make good poopy". :ph34r: And this has become normal conversation with my hubby and mom. Who knew.

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CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

We're a bunch of freaks, aren't we? :lol::lol::lol:

L.A. Contributor
L.A.
Posted

Pooh freaks! All of us! :P

confused Community Regular
confused
Posted
Pooh freaks! All of us! :P

lmao

but at least there is alot of us pooh freaks.

I have even come in the habit of asking everone if their pooh floats or sinks, well family members and close friends lol

paula

L.A. Contributor
L.A.
Posted
lmao

but at least there is alot of us pooh freaks.

I have even come in the habit of asking everone if their pooh floats or sinks, well family members and close friends lol

paula

It gets even better when your hubby stops asking if the puppy went and instead asks if I did! :blink:

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

I was once asked in a job interview what I was most proud of. Now I think I have a good answer.... :ph34r: , at least for the jobs I don't really want :lol:

plantime Contributor
plantime
Posted

Ah, yes! Pooh freaks! I thought I was the only person in the world that looked in the toilet after pooping to check the color, consistency, and amount. So glad to know that I am not alone!

johnsoniu Apprentice
johnsoniu
Posted

My 9 year old daughter's blood panels came back positive, so we have to take her to Riley's Children's Hospital in Indianapolis next month for the endoscopy. Last night my wife was filling out their patient questionaire and pops in the kitchen complaing about "they want to know what her poop likes like".

I then proceeded to give her the short course in color, consistency, floatability, etc.

She just smiled and said, " Huh!, I guess you do know jack squat(not exact word) after all." B)

Pooh freak.. and Proud of it!

Nantzie Collaborator
Nantzie
Posted
My 9 year old daughter's blood panels came back positive, so we have to take her to Riley's Children's Hospital in Indianapolis next month for the endoscopy. Last night my wife was filling out their patient questionaire and pops in the kitchen complaing about "they want to know what her poop likes like".

I then proceeded to give her the short course in color, consistency, floatability, etc.

She just smiled and said, " Huh!, I guess you do know jack squat(not exact word) after all." B)

Pooh freak.. and Proud of it!

LOL!!!

:lol:

Nancy

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted
We're a bunch of freaks, aren't we? :lol::lol::lol:

Naw, if we were freaks, we would have had a "Best Looking Poop Contest" where we submit digital photos to be voted on! No baby contests in the celiac world, we have poop contests instead!!!!! :lol:

Hugs.

Karen

angelbender Newbie
angelbender
Posted

Ooooh this is just too bad! I am at the library and trying not to laugh too loudly at "potty humour" and hope that no one looks over my shoulder to see what I'm giggling about. Funny, but neither of my gastro docs (or even my GP whom I saw first) even asked me any of the all important, uh, quality questions.....or even how often a day I was "going".....and I am now happy to report to everyone that I have logs these days! Applause please? I'm so excited and only you folks could understand. Plus I can actually eat before going anywhere in my car.....amazing! :P

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

What a classy condition this is :lol:

The first question out of my gastro's mouth is always "how are your bowels?" Every time...

:D Pooh freaks :D

Jo.R Contributor
Jo.R
Posted

Eating before a car ride, now that's big. I know rest stop or gas station between Seattle and Portland, and from Portland to Boise. Now I don't care.

Once we were stuck in the passes, that was ugly. Complete standstill and no toliet..

angelbender Newbie
angelbender
Posted

Ah, I still need to know where all of the restrooms are.....just in case....I can still have an, uh, sense of urgency that others don't have but even the timing of that has improved and I can wait longer than say 15 seconds. People used to think that I was nuts when I would rate where the best restrooms were.... they just didn't know why it was such a big deal.

I have even considered becoming an inventor and devising a unit that we Celiacs could just attach to our bum or something....you know, just in case.....not very practical but kind of funny to think about when things have gotten bad. I guess the market for this type of product would be rather limited tho. Ah, so much for my get rich scheme, lol :P

Debbie65 Apprentice
Debbie65
Posted

This thread makes me smile. As a life long celiac -ok -I was in denial for a couple of years(so it was 20 who

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted
This thread makes me smile. As a life long celiac -ok -I was in denial for a couple of years(so it was 20 who
Debbie65 Apprentice
Debbie65
Posted
Can I relate? LOL! You don't know the half of it!!!!!! <_<

Let's just say that certain positions are not an option for us, for fear of an accident! :o

How's that for TMI?????? LMAO!

If you know me, you know that this is mild compared to some stuff I put on here!

:lol::lol::lol:

Imagine having a husband who is here for a month and away for a month.

He has this romantic image of the one he left at home waiting.

I

Debbie65 Apprentice
Debbie65
Posted

I didn

PeggyV Apprentice
PeggyV
Posted

It is nice to know I am not the only one...I thought I was strange! Well I probubly am, but at least I am not the only one....

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