Seeing Theatre Shows With Gastroparesis
Last week Friday, I went to see a play my friend was acting in. A good friend of mine came with his mother because I had two free tickets. My stomach wasn't doing very good that whole day. Before leaving I had some of my favorite Progresso Soup (Rice Roasted Chicken Wild Rice). That was a huge mistake. I got to our seats. These seats are you typically theatre seats they are just basic chairs. It sort of like a black box theatre. The building only contains one exit out of the theatre. The worse part is the restroom is downstairs where the actors dressing rooms are. The show got started and my stomach started really getting worse. I was seated clear across the exit. The only way to exit is to walk on the stage area. On top of it, I was seated dead center and would have to climb over a bunch of people.
Holding #2 for 2 hours is not a good thing. The pain is horrid. It didn't help I was stressed out about being stuck there for the whole Act 1.
I was very discouraged and upset with my body. Come to find out I forgot to change my pain patch. Not sure if that was why I was having such severe stomach cramps, running to the bathroom, hot and cold sweats. I also was gone every night and skipped dinner for 4 days, so I don't know if my body was just crashing from that or it could have been both. All I know was I was extremely miserable.
The following morning I woke up feeling a little better. I just always love how my stomach decides to give me troubles when I am busy and not home.
