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Posted 6/16/2009 5:42 AM (GMT 0)
Hey all, just going thru a bit of a flare again, and I was wondering if you all are in somewhat of a habit of laying down and pressing your abdomen in various spots to see if anything feels sore or tender...you know...sorta like the doctors do? Anyways, I was doing this recently and I feel that my usual tender spots are more tender than normal. But, I do have a history of having abdominal adhesions. So i was wondering if one can experience abdominal pain by applying some pressure with adhesions as well as inflammation...Any thoughts? Thanks again.
Posted 6/16/2009 9:38 AM (GMT 0)
when I was first getting sick I was always feeling my colon to check if he was inflamed or full or something.
Now I don't do this. I think it is one sign of my anxiety so I don't do it anymore .
Posted 6/16/2009 12:11 PM (GMT 0)
I used to feel around but since surgery things have improved and less stress now. lol gail
Posted 6/16/2009 12:36 PM (GMT 0)
yes, absolutely I do that all time. There is spot on my right side of the belly, which I can exactly hit to point out pain, bloating, discomfort, and blockage. Sometimes at that spot, I can actually feel food moving through or gurgling noises coming through. Even when my pant belt runs through that area, I feel pain and discomfort.
Posted 6/16/2009 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
I do it, but it is usually when I am feeling bad and it hurts in a certain area.

Hugs
Gail *Nanners*
Posted 6/16/2009 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
yup, its hurting today, all right... (:
Posted 6/16/2009 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
Im a serial "presser" or you could call me a "pusher" lol
Posted 6/16/2009 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
yes. I do it all the time. I've had CD for so long that I don't know the difference between a "Taco Bell" attack versus CD. The one thing I have learned that, for me, the feeling of air or matter moving through my gut (sometimes manipulative) is a sign of a possible flare. I don't view this checking as paranoia or overkill -- for me it is just a fact of life and measure of where I am. Kind of like monitoring your blood pressure. good luck.

ps -- it is kind of cool to feel the stuff move through your system and be able to "massage" it through.
Posted 6/16/2009 7:45 PM (GMT 0)
I don't check it for pain but when i am not feeling too good, it "gets things moving" it is a good technique lol
Posted 6/16/2009 11:39 PM (GMT 0)
10 days ago i was pressing on my abdomin and I heard a snap! I was taken aback. Then I decided well, that was either really good or really bad.

I ended up feeling a lot better for about a week --Last friday I was carrying a couple of boxes and it hurt again. Then later I went to lock a car door (twisting form a seated position) and I heard, snap!

Ends up I pushed in a hernia that was pressing on my TI (a problem spot for me, and it's hard and stone-like inside) - it popped out again, and now I'm scheduling for surgery.

Long story short, if I hadn't been pressing I'd be in a very dangerous spot right now (because the hernia is compartmentalized) -- with no surgery scheduled. The experience gave me something to relate to my doc when I saw him yesterday and is leading to me getting it fixed instead of having a strangled bowel.

Anyway, I'm relating this because it's good to talk about it, and also because it's a illustration of why we should never be shy to examine ourselves.
:)
Posted 6/17/2009 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
I have UC (or possibly indeterminate colitis i.e. possibly crohn's colitis) and I regularly press when I am flaring- I don't know why, but I guess it is to sort of gage what is going on too.  In my case, if a flare is developijng I can normally confirm this by feeling the abdomen "crunch"- literally crunch- when I press in.  I am not sure what the crunching is but I assume it is pockets of little air bubbles that form amidst the inflamed tissue, or perhaps it is the abdominal wall's reaction to changes in vascularity that accompany a flare.

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