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JT

I'm interviewing for a new job atm, I really really want it, but it involves a percentage of travel. I will travel 2 hrs into London each day, then to suppliers dotted around London and beyond.

The one thing I struggle with, because is also have IBD, is travel.Do you struggle with this?

 How do you cope? I'm hoping my meditation and mindfulness practice will be enough to allow me to attempt this new role, but I'm very unsure about how I will cope

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  • Hi - I've had UC for over 20 years - multiple flares per year - totally uncontrolled.    I found that two of the Imodium Instants first thing in the morning gicv some stabilisation.      I've also been on a background daily dose of 10mg prednisolone and occasionally, a 50mg Tramadol if you want to stop everything dead.  Smiley.  

    (I'm lucky - I have no side effects from Tramadol - some people get stoned or sick on 50mg)

    I get to do anything I want using combinations of those drugs - long distance driving or international travel.  Smiley

    Common sense says take an emergency pack with you - a change of clothes, baby wipes plastic bags etc. take up no space - get a RADAR key and learn where all the service stations are..

    Good luck with the new job!  Smiley

  • in reply to Plastic

    Cheers Plastic (wish I knew your name). I worked across London for 10 years but yeah that's all sage advice.

    It's diet that's gonna be hard, I have lots of food triggers. Also, a side note with a new job, presentations... that moment all attention is on me, my IBD will flare and I need to leave. Seems to be some kind of a startle response, like horses do. It sucks

  • in reply to JT

    Yeah, it's hard wired into the fight or flight response, unfortunately. The calmer you can stay, the less of an issue... sucks, indeed.

  • in reply to Dawn

    He has a screw-in plug with a 9/16" fitting.

  • in reply to Plastic

    Fight/flight, methane and gravity, lol. Not a good mix for the tube. I've spent my life waiting for a Star Trek matter transporter to solve the issue.

    Bet Data never has this problem.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Gravity is also a bummer - especially in the mornings - after you've been horizontal for 8 hours, everything inside has moved around and found it's comfortable position

    And then you suddenly become vertical so everything redistributes and gravity squashes all your internal organs downwards - and for good measure you shove 1/2 pint of coffee and a McBreakfast down on top to act as a press.

    And then the fresh sugars get fermenting with any yeasts to add 1000psi CO2 & Methane to the problem of what just moved across the transverse colon into the vertical drop on the descending colon - clench........  

    The start of a bad day......  Smiley

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  • in reply to Dawn

    Gravity is also a bummer - especially in the mornings - after you've been horizontal for 8 hours, everything inside has moved around and found it's comfortable position

    And then you suddenly become vertical so everything redistributes and gravity squashes all your internal organs downwards - and for good measure you shove 1/2 pint of coffee and a McBreakfast down on top to act as a press.

    And then the fresh sugars get fermenting with any yeasts to add 1000psi CO2 & Methane to the problem of what just moved across the transverse colon into the vertical drop on the descending colon - clench........  

    The start of a bad day......  Smiley

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