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That does not sound good. I hate those nights and skipping solid food too. I prefer to eat pureed and easy to digest stuff, but I've gone the Ensure or broth route before.

Hope you get some relief!

are the pains around the ascending, transverse or descending colon? or do you feel the pain by the rectum? if you can pin point it, it would be easier to explain it to your GI when you see him!!! good luck though! when it happens to me, i take a homeopathic anti-spasmodic remedy and i switch to eating baby food until it passes.

if you notice that you're not passing any stools or rather something is "off" in your routine, write it down!

and call your GI, you may have to go to the emergency :(

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Honestly, mgtman, we tend to immediately assume that our pain is Crohn's related, but we can get "normal people" problems too, so your pain could be anything. You've tried to treat it yourself; it's persisting; please do seriously consider going to hospital, or at least calling some sort of expert help-line.

We're not doctors, and we can't diagnose or really help you, and you're not a doctor, either, and can't know for certain what's going on inside.

The thing about pain, as I'm sure you've been told yourself, is that the longer you leave it, the harder it tends to be to get on top of (awful grammar, sorry). And that's before you factor in the problem that something might be twisted or abscessing or rupturing or stuck inside. Some things can be DANGEROUS and even DEADLY to leave uninvestigated, so please do seriously consider getting yourself checked out, and soon.

Worried for you,

Ivy.

hope you're feeling better :(

it is a bit confusing when you dont really know what part of your colon is giving you pain! i was lucky to have taken a few anatomy and gastro focused classes last year at school (we learnt how to palpitate etc so it made it easy for me to talk to my GI about the location of my pain).

sending you all the positive energy i have and i hope you can update us with some good news.

like everyone had said: go to the ER. drag your feet and just remind yourself: whats the worst thing that can happen to me at the emergency? and the answer is nothing but positive pain relief!

bonne chance <3

Keep tabs on your temp too I know when I have these symptoms but my temp is below 102 a call to my GI usually will do the trick however that thermometer reads 102 or higher (sometimes 101 based on other symptoms like I get severe migraines with fevers when I have issues like when my gall bladder was about to burst my Sr yr in college as well as my bowel perforation and when i had mono) Def keep fluids going that too can cause abd cramping. Based on legth of pain and stoll passing you may want to go to the hospital...the pains you speak about was sort of what I was going through this past week had the next day not gotten any better (even tho i was 2 days from seeing my GP) my plan was hosp...my husband kept on saying areyou sure you dont want to go now...he knows how stubborn I can be when it comes to that but I know when it isnt an option even my folks are well aware of my hatred for hospitals.

I hope you feel better soon. I am still eating very bland since my issues this past week I think mine got triggered by trying a new restaurant. I am still extrememly bloated but the other night my husband was shocked at how bloated I was I could see the sheer concern in his eyes. if it is still waking you up try maybe putting a call into your doc and until you hear back stick with liquids only or soups like noodle with limited noodles etc

hope you feel beter soon

so mri scheduled for wed and then meeting with surgeon...i'm freaking out.

Yes, good luck, mgtman.

Let us know how it goes, ok?

Quite right. Sometimes the best response is to try something new, and surgery might be the best thing for you :-(.

mitch; I agree with everyone here, you could perforate, but your pain doesn't sound like obstructive, just tremendous cd pain that is probably in both small and large colon. they would probably open you up and take a peek, and then decide. that's why they can't give you a definative answers.

AG

can you stand up straight? or does it hurt to much to do that, are you walking around hunched over? or can you walk around? I know a bunch of Q's, This is what I would do when my cd was in operation mod, when I couldn't stand up straight, I knew that was not good sign. I would for sure fast until I saw either ER or dr.

AG