Had last Wednesday big bowel accident. Drove with my car to my office. This takes ca. 10 min. 100 m before I reached my bowel movement started with cramps. No diapers. Returning home. The whole way home bowel movement. At home my daughter came down with shorts. The way up I made everything full with s***.
This happens without any warning before. Just started.
Brought me down mentally.
Only you here can imagine this. And now the fear again when going out. Any tricks ?
Condolences, Goisgo. I felt like having a bowel movement right after getting into a city van a few months ago. I did my shopping and made it back home in the van with nothing “happening”. But I was miserable the whole time,... having to smile, say “please” and “thank you”, and remember the pin number for my credit card. Such a relief to make it back through the front door of my house. On the plus side, you had a really good bm, and will live more days.
Those days are not fun and I know you thought such accidents were behind you. And this one was "behind" you. We have no choice but to accept these things. Really accept them. There is no reason to feel humiliated as it is part of a medical condition you cannot really control. Carry on, michael.
vintage, thanks alot! sam,yes its ok, cause laughing is best medicine (after the shock). So imagine, the last perfect bm I had - was 10 minutes in my car..... tetra, yes, really. I thought I have found the routine. And its behind ^^ me. After beating the glaucoma diagnosis (just like: dont care - move ^^ on) - this accident. It seems: 2 step forwards - 3 back - sometimes. softballdad, perhaps I have to take imodium in the future when going out. It just calms down the bowel - perhaps its the solutions.
And as my wife says: Never, NEVER got out again without diapers little boy :-)
Seems really lifes will be a big adventure. Years ago I had adventures in the nature, in the mountains. Now the adventure is the every day. The little "walk" with my loved ones. Onother kind of adventure. But a big adventure.
goisgo I’ve had some accidents earlier on after getting injured and still I have a fear of it happening again, a few years later. It has definitely scarred me mentally and I don’t think that it’ll ever change. Even when my bladder starts spasming and is about to empty itself, I get paranoid that my condom catheter is going to start leaking. Happens many times a day. The feeling sucks but I guess if an accident does happen, it’s not the end of the world. s*** happens (literally) but we just gotta get over it and move on. If I told you that the lingering fear of it happening again would go away I’d be lying to you so honestly if it happens, it happens.
Sorry!!! That happened to me during a rehab session about a month out of surgery..... crapped all the way down the hall trying to get to the bathroom as fast as possible.... I was petrified!! I travel a lot for work now and Imodium is my best friend... can’t take too much or you can go too far in the other direction, can’t take too little or you’re at risk in public, most times. I’m sorry you had to go through this, but at least it was family that was there to help. Do your best to find the ‘funny in it’ - I know it’s hard, but that has been a little of my saving grace with some of these situations. I hope all is better and you have recovered a little mentally from this. I also hope your finding your day pain free and free of bowel issues!!!!
Its happened to many, if not all of us at some point, unfortunately. The blessing of this forum is that we talk about pooping randomly with such ease! I leak at some point every day now and I had many major accidents early on after my injury.
I feel for you, it is distressing and annoying, i wear a pad every day, im not going to get caught out no matter what. Are you in some sort of routine regarding your bowels?
Lαrα, Yes still bowel program. Morning little irrigation with 200 ml. Just for releasing and empty the rectum. Then office 7 - 12. Then home - irrigation big oder small, depends on "feeling". For the bigger I use peristeen from coloplast. The second masterplan since years: Psyllium husks. 1 teaspoon and 2-3 glasses water (important, last year I had 3 weeks obstipation cause drunk not much water). With this Psyllium husks the consistence is perfect and it activates the bowel Peristalsis. And in the evening black tea (calm down bowel). So I had a good management for the last 2-3 years. The years before have been full of experiences.
Had last Wednesday big bowel accident. Drove with my car to my office. This takes ca. 10 min. 100 m before I reached my bowel movement started with cramps. No diapers. Returning home. The whole way home bowel movement. At home my daughter came down with shorts. The way up I made everything full with s***.
This happens without any warning before. Just started.
Brought me down mentally.
Only you here can imagine this. And now the fear again when going out. Any tricks ?
Best wishes
I can really relate..... several years it happened to me also.....I started riding horses again and started going on pleasure rides with some new friends who lived not far from me, one time after a ride, I was only 5 minutes from home and I felt it coming....and there was not a damned thing I could do about it...I ended up pooing myself while still sitting on my horses back.....I stayed a little behind my friends in case they could smell it (I never knew whether they did, its not as though I was going to ask them lol ).... after getting my horse home and into the stables, I had to take the gear off her and clean her down all while with this 'crap' in my jodphurs. I walked indoors, got in the shower and stripped off my clothes with the shower running...crying the whole time. I never went riding with friends again. This was a about 4 years after my accident and this was one of the times when it really hit home (again) that I would never be 'normal'
Yeah, my first time in the last year at an airport surrounded by other people checking for connecting flights. I was wearing a dress and it was s*** dripping down my legs into my shoes and I only 45 minutes. Strangely, after going through this (and I was concerned I'd smell like s*** on the plane), I survived! So, as the saying goes, "s*** happens!"
Only had that a couple of times - but not fun. Once, the first time I was put in a standing frame ( I was only wearing boxers ); and a mega explosion at home, but on my own, hell of a job clearing that up
... This was a about 4 years after my accident and this was one of the times when it really hit home (again) that I would never be 'normal'
Ah well.... as they say....s*** happens ...
tarabev, sorry for this - can imagine the situation (ok, was not on a horse..... ). And exactly whis was/is my feeling after: "....... that I would never be normal.......".