D, mush or formed

Hi all,

ok, not a great topic title, however this is something that I am wondering about.

A lot of people here talk about D (Diarrhea), or semi formed/ mush stool or actual formed stool.

I'm wondering what the norm is with Chrons?

I've been diagnosed since June 2005 with Crohns (left colon, large bowel) and can only remember 1 actual formed stool in the last 2 1/2 years, if not 3 years.

I've been on steroids, imuran, methotrextae and Remacide and no change with the stool.

Can anyone advise on this?

Thanks,

M

When im flaring really bad on no medication i will be going diaherra water like 10-12 times a day. or majority is water with a few pieces.  There was a good chunk of time when my food would just come out whole not digesting at all.  When im on steriod i will have formed hard stools anywhere from 1-5 times a day.  i know this is gross but they will be nice, soft looking formed and when you flush doesnt turn into water.  When i go on low dosages of steriods my stools become very mushy like baby poop. or will try to form but when i flush the toliet turns into water.  I notice also when im on low dosage of medication my stools like they have been touched my sandpaper. It is no longer nice and formed and smooth. Rough looking like i scraped it with something. 

there have been times were so often when i get sick i get green diaherra.  Ever happen to you? No one can figure that out. Havent had it in since sept so im not sure since i have been on medications.  There are sometimes when my first stool will be formed and hard and then everyone after that will get softer and softer.  REally surprised that if you have it in your colon you really need some pentasa or asacol.  I need the capsules that break down so asacol wasnt working good for me but pentasa you should look into.  i have the crohns in spots in my colon left, middle, and right side and rectum and end of small bowel ileum. 

I am on humira every two weeks, pentasa 6 500mg pills, entocort 9mg,

tricia

um...let's see

Early on in my teen years I had chronic D - for ever it seemed ; even after dx I had D all the time until about 2 years ago it switched to chronic C - I would give anything sometimes for D instead !

Then ... just before I re-started Remicade in April/May of this year I started getting somewhat REGULAR ( or at least what I may think is regular ) days a week -  I was OKAY with that too !

But it switched back to C again !

Then I had my second Cade and I had D for about 3 days afterwards ! ( huh ? is that right ? I thought it was supposed to stop that kind of stuff ? weird )

But, after the D passes I am back to C again !! Sometimes having to revert to the old Fleet friend ... or sitting in the potty for a really long time at work or I am hurting so bad !

But when it finally comes its formed for sure !

but wait ! sometimes it is formed ...then once I get off the pot I usually have to run back to it again ( oh that happens a lot ! ) and then its not formed ...its MUSH ... or even D ...

So, I can't possibly answer your question since I am totally confused myself !!

I go back and forth. But, butt pee is my norm, with a few mushies. I really hate it when it's C because that is when my low back hurts and my stomach is turning flip/flops. I'd rather have mushies.

The "norm" regarding stool consistancy with having crohn's is diarrhea, pretty much any info you read on crohn's disease always says D, never elaborates to the reality that it's not just D that means a serious flare but that's the textbooks analogy on it.

A person can even in one sitting can have a combination of D, solid and mush in any given order...there are many degrees of flares but I think the idea out there is that having D is the main symptom of have a crohns flare up, which is not accurate in my opinion and 17 yrs experiance either as I've always been in some degree of a flare, which I consider to be mostly severe and D was not always the reason, but frequency, bleeding and such were.

:)