Constipation, Obstruction or??

Forgot to add that it was making lots of noises last night like water was moving around and continued for hours. I woke up and was making sounds not as loud and now it's not making any sounds like before.

Thank you Medicalkid2. I thought maybe constipation but didn't think you could have diarrhea one day and then the next day just have a little terd or whatever. If it's still like this tomorrow I will try some Miralax we have some here my mom is always constipated so she keeps that around. I do get sharp pain but only for a few seconds and then goes away. So it probably is nothing. Hopefully another 32oz of Gatorade will help move things along.

I've had Miralax before when I had a colonoscopy. I did the Miralax prep since I can handle the taste unlike the other preps. That would drive me nuts having D one day and C the other. Would never really know what your day is going to be like. I always have D I have never had C. Thanks for your advice I will take the miralax tomorrow morning so it starts to work hopefully after my appt tomorrow. Thanks again!

MIRALAX laxative (238 gm bottle – over the counter)
Ducolax Tablets - 4
2 32oz bottle of Gatorade but can't be red.

You take the tablets and then 3 hours later you pour the miralax into the gatorade stir it up and then have an 8oz glass every 15min until it's gone. I did this before a colonoscopy I do not think this would be safe to daily. But I do believe you can take the single dose daily which would be fine. I would never take the actual colonscopy prep way unless I was having a colonscopy. Nothing like knowing you are going to go that much and all day. I can do that on my own most of the time.

Adhesions maybe? My mother has just been diagnosed with these and her symptoms are very much the same as your descibing really hope its just constipation your having good luck with your doc tomorrow. Bev x 

Redsox, are you feeling any better. Loud bowel sounds is not a good sign!

More pain, and no bowel sounds could be an obstruction, especially if you are bloated. Please be careful and don't let this go over night if the pain gets worse or you start to vomit. Those would be really bad signs! Please keep us updated and let us know what your doctor has to say tomorrow.

It sounds like constipation. I find if I don't go for a day or hardly go at all, I will get more pain the next day, quite similar to what you described. Also, I'm familiar with the loud bowel sounds for anything up to an hour, followed by silence again.

It's possible for constipation to come out of nowhere. In fact, ever since I've had Crohn's that's what's happened to me. Normally I had diarrhoea, but every so often it would flip and I wouldn't be able to go at all. For years it was like that, then in 2009 my bowels slowed right down and I became much more prone to getting constipated. My worst month by far for acute pain and constipation was December. Looking back, it was probably because I was eating more than normal: more meals out, bigger dinners, mince pies with custard, etc. (I await this December with quite some trepidation.)

If you continue to have symptoms like you described, I would suspect a stricture as the cause. But if they go away and don't come back, it might just be one of those things: random and inexplicable. PS: Bit surprised you don't feel any bloating. I would, but then my tendency to bloat has just gotten much worse over the past year or so.

Hi redsoxgirl,   I’m going through pretty much exactly what you describe, started about 6 weeks ago for me and hasn’t stopped. I’m either   a)      extremely bloated and sore, and feel so full from not going for days on end I feel nauseas like my stomach is so full I’m going to throw up (extremely uncomfortable); or b)      sticking to liquids, in which case things settle down for a few days, until I inevitably eat again and then c)       back to constipation, bloating at the first sigh of food, during which time I might try a laxative and then d)      running to the toilet, with cramping and incomplete evacuation.   I don’t know what to do either. I asked my specialist about it when it first happened and he said it sounded like routine constipation, suggested mirilax etc. but I have not been comfortable since. It sucks.   When I’m really backed up, my mouth waters and I feel like its ‘getting ready’ to vomit. I had a scope done recently which showed remicade was doing its job, but I’ve had stricture and adhesion symptoms for a long time. So sick of hassling my GI though. Feeling very frustrated. I’m with you on this one!