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Real People Share Their Stories Tom Mardling When asked to describe the experience Tom told us, “I'd met up with two friends
in Bali and we headed off to a tiny island called Gili Trawangan. I'm very
health-conscious and had read up on what to eat and what not to eat in Indonesia.
I knew to avoid salads in case they were washed in contaminated water and
wouldn't touch any fruits that I couldn't peal or foods that were not cooked.
I was also very careful with the liquids that I drank ensuring that I only
ever drank bottled water.” He continued “I had travelled from Kuta to Gilli Trawangan and was due to stay there for 7 to 10 days. On the second day, I woke with stomach cramps and I had the worst diarrhoea I have ever had. I'd packed anti-diarrhoeals and I started taking them and they certainly helped. My friends asked around for medical help, but the nearest doctor was in Bali, a 12-hour journey by bus and boat. "Although I had insurance, I was paranoid about leaving my room for longer than 10 minutes. After a while the diarrhoea was less frequent and the anti-diarrhoeals were definitely helping, but I still felt drained of energy. Eventually , I managed the journey to Bali airport and had a week or so in Thailand before coming home. I didn't have any diarrhoea for the rest of the trip. “Looking back, I'm so glad I took those basic medications with me . I don't know what state I'd have been in if I hadn't had taken any IMODIUM®.” Gretel Novols This has not stopped Gretel leading a full and active life. In her younger
days Gretel was a competent rider and often competed at horse shows. She spent
many years teaching the Art of Equitation, which at times caused her considerable
stress and resulted in bouts of diarrhoea prior to a class. Since her early
teens, Gretel has also competed in Tenpin Bowling in both leagues and tournaments.
Since retiring, Gretel has qualified as a tenpin bowling coach by way of three
courses consisting of two whole days at the weekend, each compulsorily a year
apart. This was a very stressful time and she suffered nervous tension diarrhoea
regularly. Gretel is also a fully experienced dog trainer. During the life of her dog, Gemma (now sadly gone to the great kennel in the sky) and Gretel competed at dog shows in front of large crowds. These are stressful events that could also trigger an incident. She has also recently completed a year long course in British Sign Language to enable her to coach deaf people. Once again these classes were a cause of some stress that led to episodes of nervous tension diarrhoea. In order to control the diarrhoea bouts and help her perform when she needs to, Gretel has used the anti-diarrhoeal, IMODIUM®. As a result Gretel is able to lead the active lifestyle she enjoys by treating her occasional bouts of nervous tension diarrhoea. Ewen Rennie During the Barnsley Marathon in 1983, Ewen had to dodge into a pub to go to
the toilet after about 15 miles. Despite this, he still managed to run his
fastest time! However, he hasn’t always been so lucky – during
the last leg of The Tour of Tameside race in 1984, Ewen lost about ten places
when he had to dodge into the bushes to relieve himself. As a result, Ewen started to prepare in advance of training and races by taking loo paper out with him. Ewen has tried to deal with the problem through various dietary changes, however
he’s fairly sure it’s related to training load. Nowadays he doesn't
train hard enough to be troubled by this problem. Martin Bell Martin began suffering from runner’s trots in September 1997 during a
20 km race in Malaysia. He first had to stop after about 7 km and then about
5 or 6 more times before finally having to pull out of the race completely
as he could go no further than about 100 m without having to stop. On returning to the UK and getting back into training, Martin found that he could no longer train for more than about 20-30 minutes without having to dive into the bushes (which was difficult when he was training in built up areas). Martin found this very frustrating as his training would total in excess of 200 km per week. During this period he raced very little, concentrating on training but frustrated by having to make so many toilet stops during training sessions. As well as the trots during training, Martin also suffered from bad wind, bloatedness and occasionally diarrhoea when not training – not particularly well-received in the office where he worked! Martin talked to a number of athletes about his problems and was recommended IMODIUM®. In May 1998, while training for the Commonwealth Games, Martin was advised by a local health food store that he might be reacting to either lactose or gluten. As cutting out gluten would have meant no pasta – a staple of his 4,500 calories-a-day diet – Martin tried cutting out dairy products for a while. Within a week Martin was training far more comfortably, and the other symptoms disappeared. Within a month he was training as comfortably as he had before the "trots" episodes and was far more relaxed again about training and life in general.  |
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