HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Would anyone be willing to help with bowel symptoms, please? would be talking frankly about stool...

Support Forums
>
Crohn's Disease
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 11/8/2014 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Would someone please help me figure out if my problem is something to keep an eye on? A female preferably.
Posted 11/8/2014 10:58 PM (GMT 0)
I usually have very watery stool. about 3 times a day. Starting 3 days ago, my bowels slowed down. I didn't have a movement until today. I had what I would call a regular movement but it was very difficult to expel. It was not dry or overly compact. It was not large. Just formed. After that passed, thin soft stool followed and it looks like it was shaped. Like it was squeezed through a toy like play doh. I had a tons of vaginal pressure.

I have felt ill and very sore for the last few days. Nausea, achy joints and muscles. Extreme pain in my lower right area when pressed. Crampy aches always in that area and intermittent stabbing pain that did wake me in my sleep. The area with the pain also felt swollen. Like a hard long lump was in there.

Constipation? Or inflammation?
Posted 11/9/2014 12:16 AM (GMT 0)
Hard to tell if it is inflammation or constipation without some tests. Are you on any meds that could contribute to the achiness and sore muscles?

The likely reason you had a hard time expelling the first formed stool was that your rectum and anus have gotten used to the watery stools. They haven't had to expand and stretch for a long time and that made it hurt.

I would be concerned about the pain in the lower right side. You really should get it checked out by your GI. You could be developing a stricture or obstruction. Don't put up with the pain. It is your body's signal that your need to see some one.
Posted 11/9/2014 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for responding, Ides. The only thing I take is vit D. I take Tylenol when my joints are really aching. But not often - maybe two pills in the last month.

I am currently waiting to even meet with a specialist at the moment.
Posted 11/9/2014 12:29 AM (GMT 0)
Well if the pain gets more than you can bare or you start vomiting, then please consider going to the ER or an urgent clinic.
Posted 11/9/2014 12:33 AM (GMT 0)
I will. The stabbing pain has been waxing and waning forever. It'll come and go for days then go away leaving only a dull ache when pressed on.
Posted 11/9/2014 2:45 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Manda,
I know you are very worried and it is hard not to have a diagnosis. You are doing the best you can trying to get proper medical care. In the meantime, I think you need to eat low fiber/low residue foods, and try to focus away from your pain and worry. If it gets really bad, absolutely go to the ER, but you can't think your way into a diagnosis based on your symptoms. I am so sorry you are going through all of this worry. We have all been there in some fashion. I know it's easier said than done.
Posted 11/9/2014 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Play-doh poo could mean you have a stricture or some kind of obstruction. That might make sense too since you have pain and your side feels swollen. Oh - I just read that Ides said the same thing. Sorry, I was skimming quickly.

Anyway, I have play-doh poo because of my strictures. I also have a lot of difficulty passing formed stools. One thing that helps me a lot is taking stool softeners (the stimulant free ones, they are little half red/ half white pills). I take 4 or 5 in the a.m. after a bowl movement and with my breakfast. It helps things move along better the next day. I wouldn't do fiber at all- if you're having trouble passing formed stool, the fiber could jam you up.

You definitely should see your doc, even if it's just your primary doc and not a specialist. And definitely go to the ER if you vomit or if it gets worse. Sorry I'm not much help. All I did was repeat the advice that Ides gave you. I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Hope you feel better soon! Keep us posted!

Stef
Posted 11/9/2014 4:43 AM (GMT 0)
Playdoh style poop can happen with inflammation but it can also happen with IBS, not just IBD.

I agree that you should see your doc especially if these are new symptoms you've never discussed with him/her...I had similar issues with the constipation and pressure you described and it turned out I had a rectal vaginal fistula going on, so I would report this to your doc.
Posted 11/9/2014 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
I'm definitely anxious about this, I know that. Aside from going to the ER if I have to, I'm stuck. My gp just doesn't know what to do.

It's like a roller coaster ride. I've had this happen before but it would happen and I'd go back to normal and feel fine for months, years. The last few months it's back and forth.

Since my gp doesn't know what to do, are there any tests I can ask for while I'm waiting for the specialist? I've had an ultrasound. Would an X ray be beneficial? She can't order a colonoscopy.
Posted 11/9/2014 8:01 PM (GMT 0)
I'm actually worried, with the pressure that was on your vagina, that you might have an abscess down there. Do you have a fever?
Posted 11/9/2014 8:17 PM (GMT 0)
No, no fever currently. I was having very mild temperature increases a few weeks back. I just dug out my thermometer and my temp is normal.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply