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Gargamel
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Joined : Apr 2006
Posts : 172
Posted 10/8/2007 10:29 AM (GMT -7)
Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to tell you that the phone has become my greatest enemy.

I find that when I have a call and answer it, its only a matter of time before I need to go to the toilet. I can't put the phone down or end the conversation early without having an accident.

At home I can just about get away with it, but at work I fear that deathly ring.

What do I do?

Help

G
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Another UC wife
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Joined : Jun 2007
Posts : 2111
Posted 10/8/2007 10:35 AM (GMT -7)
Is it possible to get a cordless phone at the office and or a head set type set up?? (Just don't flush until after the conversation is over.....that's what has to be done at home.....why not there????)
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Sara14
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Joined : Mar 2007
Posts : 6235
Posted 10/8/2007 10:46 AM (GMT -7)
I often have this same problem, mostly just at home, not work. I have started just pooping while on the phone at home, but, yeah, it would be kind of hard to do that at work and not get funny looks.

Can you see your GI doctor and maybe they can up your meds a little to get your flare more under control?
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pb4
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Joined : Feb 2004
Posts : 20577
Posted 10/8/2007 12:59 PM (GMT -7)
Cordless phone all the way...you can cover the talk speaker when you're letting noisy ones rip and so forth, or use the mute button, which ever is easiest...besides when you've got some people that just won't let you get off the phone then a cordless is the way to "go", ha ha, literally...I couldn't resist.

:)
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PV
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Posted 10/8/2007 3:12 PM (GMT -7)
I spend a lot of time on conference calls at work, and I have a wireless headset which has been a life safer for me (I don't have UC, but I've been trying to drink more water, and I seem to have to go to the bathroom every 15-20 minutes). So, I put myself on mute, go to the bathroom, and when I'm out take myself off mute.

At work for me, it is a shared restroom with multiple stalls, so if someone is in there with me, if I take myself off mute, even if I don't flush, if the other person does . . . So, it's not perfect, but it's far better than trying to hold it.

At home, I used my cordless phone (the handset also has a speaker phone), and I put it on speaker, and put myself on mute. I hope this helps you. Also, if your urgency is really bad, your flare is probably not under control - so you should (if you aren't already) look into what you can do to quickly bring this flare under control. Also, in the past, I've heard quincy mention a med (I think the name is Bentyl) for urgency - maybe someone can update this ticket with the meds that help with controlling the urgency associated with a UC flare.

Feel better soon.

PV
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Beth75
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Posted 10/8/2007 4:08 PM (GMT -7)
If you are talking to a coworker, try saying I only have a few minutes I have to call so and so or I am expecting a call or try email. If you are talking to a customer it woudl be more difficult, try saying my dbase is locked up and I need to get more information and I can email or call you w/the details. I find most customers like getting something in writing anyway.

hth!
Beth
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Bennie
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Posts : 552
Posted 10/8/2007 4:24 PM (GMT -7)
Just be thankful phones with video hasn't caught on! On the other hand, it could encourage those calling you to hang up faster! tongue
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barnsbury
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Posted 10/9/2007 3:48 AM (GMT -7)

Gargamel

Oh my god! And I thought it was just me!!!

This ALWAYS happens to me.  Usually when Im at home though.  I switched to a cordless phone many years ago and have never looked back. I couldnt be without it. I would say during 80% of calls I answer, I have to run to the toilet! I still cant understand why...

All my mates know about my UC so I dont even bother to press mute anymore, lol

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Red_34
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Posted 10/9/2007 4:53 AM (GMT -7)
That is so weird you brought this up! I thought I was an odd ball! It doesn't bother me much when I'm in remission but as soon as I would get on the phone while in a flare, for some odd reason I have to get to the bathroom. I don't work so it only happens at home. Usually it's just my friends that call so either I tell them I have to use the bathroom real quick to either hold or I will call them back. But if you're at work that is kind of hard to do so I agree with a headset if you can.
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love4cats
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Joined : May 2007
Posts : 458
Posted 10/9/2007 9:13 AM (GMT -7)
I think I mentioned in another post some time back that this happens to me too. I contributed it to the stress of receiving bad new phone calls regarding my daughter when she was a teenager.
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Bennie
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Posts : 552
Posted 10/9/2007 1:37 PM (GMT -7)
OK, I am not the one with UC, my daughter is. But I was waiting for her doctor to call me back (daily followup to see how her flare is and how the meds are working). Of course, he had to call while I was in the bathroom. And since we all know how hard it is to speak with the doctor, there I sat doing my thing while talking to him about bratcat doing her thing! And in the back of my mind I was thinking about all of you! tongue
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schrek-chewbacca hunk
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Posts : 2666
Posted 10/9/2007 2:01 PM (GMT -7)

This is so weird - I thought it was only me out there.  I have the same problem.  One of the major reasons I had to leave work due this crazy disease.

love to all here

bob

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tjf
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Joined : Dec 2005
Posts : 3238
Posted 10/9/2007 2:07 PM (GMT -7)
We were in the process of putting our house on the market during my last flare. It would never fail either the realtor or mortgage people would call...literally 2 seconds into the conversation I would get awful urgency. Maybe it is psychological?? I remember squeezing and praying hard I would make it!
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Sicktree
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Joined : Jul 2007
Posts : 82
Posted 10/11/2007 4:04 PM (GMT -7)
I have the same issue whenever I have meetings with my boss. Within seconds of the start of the meeting I have to go. Weird.
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