A translation card that I made and would like to share with you...

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Hi all,

Last week, I posted on here an embarrassing situation where I was in a mall and

needed to find a restroom ASAP. There was a language barrier with me and a

woman who was occupying all of the bathrooms - here kids were sort of playing in

them. I did in fact have an accident, but was helped by a kind stranger. I

decided to reflect on how I could better handle this situation in the future. I

have two tools to offer up. 1)I am not sure in other states, but here in

Oregon, Ulcerative Colitis and other digestive issues are labeled as conditions

in which you can have a doctor sign off on a form that will allow for a

handicapped parking permit. The permit here last for something like 12 years

(probably varies from state to state) - there are times when I do not need of

course, but certainly would have come in handy on at least eight occasions that

I can recall over the last year. You can take the permit of and on the rearview

mirror so you can use when really need. 2) Im this area we Spanish and Russian

speaking populations that are large in certain pockets of the state. I created

a little translation card and thought I would pass along to you all. It is my

intention to have a couple of these cards avail for me in my purse and car etc

so I can use when needed. I think it also helpful if standing in a line, to

give someone a card than verbalize my condition in a frantic moment - in my

haste I may not explain myself as clear - I also think a preprinted card drives

home that I am not just trying to cut in line. I think I might add a red cross

in the background of my card, as people identify with that as being a first aid

or medical symbol.

If not obvious the first translation is English, then Spanish, then Russian...

I have a digestive medical condition that creates bathroom urgency.

- May I please bypass you in line

- Use your bathroom facilities

…so that I may avoid an embarrassing situation. Thank you for your help!

Yo tengo un problema digestive que me hace ir al bano con urgencia.

Puedo pasar al bano primero que usted? GRACIAS

У меня

хроническая

болезнь

кишечника

вынуждающая

немедленное

посещение

туалета.

- Разрешите

пройти вне

очереди

- Можно ли

воспользова\

090;ься вашим

санузлом

aiazeen

SCD 1yr 1 month (and just now learning that a lot of my slow improvement has

been attributed me not being able to eat yogurt, DCCC and honey as much as I

would like - I am still trying to figure out quantities if at allm but clearly

one or all of these food items once a day attribute to at least an adtl four BMS

a day - this is a major breakthrough!)Moral of the story, just because the SCD

diet SAYS you can have a food, does not mean that the food will agree with you -

bittersweet discovery the hard way

Asacol 400 mg 3x/day

Imipramine 30 mg/eve (old school antidepressant from the 50's not really used

any more but the GI says that there have been studies that have shown people

with UC have improved on this med - something about the mind gut connection)

UC 6 years