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Posted 1/5/2011 3:03 PM (GMT 0)
Grrrrrr... now on day 4 with out having a bm. I am taking flax oil which normally gets me going, but low an behold here starts the cycle again for me which can only mean one thing,,,a major flare up is a comin.

It goes like this....i spend what seems like days on the pot,,,then i don't go for days. I am soooo bloated and uncomfortable. Not sure if i should just curl up in bed with the heating pad, or walk my daughter to school. I am thinking that moving around might help. but what if the urge creeps up on me while walking her to school... Not that i can bang on some strangers door asking to use their washroom.. GRRRRRRRRR..

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Posted 1/5/2011 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
5 days was my longest recently that I can remember. I use stool softners nightly to help me keep things softer and easier to pass. You should probably call you doc and discuss. Good luck!
Posted 1/5/2011 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, definitely, you should call your doctor and discuss. 4 days is a long time to go without a bm and I'd be scared. I think it may be time for pred again...Hugs
Posted 1/5/2011 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
me personally that would be pure hell, worse than hell, I would give myself and enema, and get it going and long as no risk of obstruc. or risk that you give yourself an enema and nothing happens, it has happened to me, but that was when I was on verge of obstruction. which finally had to be surgerically removed

Posted 1/5/2011 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
i've been through this many times..the longest i have ever gone is 7 days..and that time i did go to the er..and found nothing major.n gave me some pain killers.took x-rays, gave me some stool softeners and sent me home. oh they took blood too.
Posted 1/6/2011 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
The longest I've ever gone without a BM is 3 weeks. When my doctor shrugged his shoulders at me and I immediately found a new doc. These days I can go 2 weeks without a decent BM, which is really scary and painful. Next step is to double my Remicade dose and if that doesn't work... it's a colostomy. I pray that the Remicade starts to work because my life needs to go on...
Posted 1/6/2011 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
Having a day not going seems like it'd be heavenly, but I've never been on the other side of that coin. Hope things work their way out soon....
Posted 1/6/2011 12:46 AM (GMT 0)
I've gone 3 weeks without a BM but that was in my pre-Crohn's days. With Crohn's, the longest has been about 10 days. That doesn't sound as bad, but actually that 10 days ranks as one of the worst experiences of my life... Put it this way, it was the only time in my life I have ever been induced to visit A&E. And I do not visit A&E lightly.

@minou - I hope the Remicade works for you. If that doesn't, I hope a colostomy does. I do know where you are coming from...
Posted 1/6/2011 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
I would have this issue when I still had my stricture I use to go maybe 1 or 2 times per week with that stricture, now if I skip a day i wonder what the heck is wrong with me. They put me on miralax pre surgically to aid in my C problem. My father also has issues with going and he doesnt have IBD...immediately following the chicken pox when I was about 5 I remember my parents needing to give me enemas so that I would go and that was 3 years prior to my Dx of CD
Posted 1/6/2011 2:59 AM (GMT 0)
minou: I am hoping the remicaide works for you and me too,,, i start it on friday.
3 WEEKS?? Wow talk about painful.
Out darn poo out i say!
Hugs
Tak
Posted 1/6/2011 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
still nothing,.....ate some prunes last night... come out i say!!!! although when it does...boy oh boy to I hurt . But rather out than in. Oh and the gas...good lord put on the haz mat suit!!!
Posted 1/7/2011 4:33 PM (GMT 0)
fianlly!!!! thought i was giving birth, my poor daughter had to ask if i was ok, as i was in there for a looooong time, and kinda doing breathing( like i was in labour) Mine you i felt like i gave birth to a 10 pound baby poo. dropped a couple of pounds that's for sure.
Posted 1/7/2011 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
Takilra,
Have you thought about adding apple juice to your daily diet? And papaya's for the gas? I know those seem like minor things, but also a food journal to see what might be causing this? I love martinilli's apple juice (no additives or anything, just pressed apples).
Posted 1/7/2011 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah glad to hear things are starting to move. That is a miserable experience. I would recommend you looking into stool softners. I use them nightly in order to keep things softer and easier to pass. Hugs!
Posted 1/7/2011 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
Not sure which is worse, going to much or not going. Glad you got some relief! Do you take probiotics and stool softeners on a regular basis? They might help-:)
Posted 1/7/2011 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
Whether it's 'cos I drink more, treat it earlier with laxatives, or whatever, I don't tend to get those monster logs anymore. But I do remember the almost indescribable sense of relief and lightness after passing one :p

Stool softeners seem like a good idea, though. I'm struggling with constipation at the moment and only barely managing to control it. Stimulant laxatives don't work that well for me, so I'm gonna try a different type of laxative next. It's a choice between syrup of figs, stool softener or Movicol (Miralax) :p
Posted 1/8/2011 5:50 AM (GMT 0)
I understand completely. I went only 5 days without a bm and was in the ER on day 3 because I was so nauseous.....the gave me pain killers and gravol...go home!....everything is oK. Day 4, same thing, visit to ER....everything ok, go home....finally on day 5 had an ER doctor with brains....did an ultrasound and found out over 50% of my intestines was full. They did an enema....what a relief......then stool softeners.

As they say....stool softeners can be your best friend. I would certainly go that root if you do nothing else. As with most things, adding things to your diet is great, but it takes a bit to get them going. So I would start adding to my diet and use the softeners in the meantime until everything is even.

Hope you never have it again, since I completely understand the pain.
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