pressure and feeling like i have to poo - out my backside!!! what the...

okay, since the surgery, in hospital and at home for 2 or so weeks, i had some anal discharge. some mucousy/liquidy type stuff that i was told is perfectly normal.
ok, all good.
now, it has been a month that i have not had anything coming out of my bum at all. but last night i had the feeling of urgency and needing to poo out my bum really bad.
i sat on the toilet for like 45 freakin minutes!!!
a tiny bit of liquid came out every now and then during that time. then when i peed the pressure and urgency feeling finally went away.
i kept pushing but was afraid of pushing too hard. i don't know why i was afraid.... didn't want my rectum to come outside the hole i guess. i don't know. maybe just an insane subconcious fear i felt about reallly pushing.
anyhoo, i pushed a bit and little bits kept coming out.

now today i just now had that urgency feeling and still while i write this. when i went just after surgery it didn't feel this urgent and there wasn't this much pressure. no pain, just uncomfortable pressure.

is this normal?
is there something that can be done about it?
or do i just live with it?
how long does it last?
will go away or keep coming back or get worse...?

I have Crohn's so I got a Barbie butt and haven't experienced what you described, I just wanted to say I am sorry you are having to deal with that. I remember the last time I went #2 at home I came out of the bathroom dancing and singing "I'll never wipe my butt again!!" only to arrive for surgery and have to do 2 fleet enemas bahahah! So, the last time I wiped my butt was in the hospital, oh well :) Hope you can get someone on the phone at least and figure out what is going on.

i still have my rectum as well. and i don't have pain so much as it is just uncomfortable pressure to go to the toilet. i went again today after my post. had to run. almost like my UC urgency, but when i sat only a little discharge came out then i was all better after sitting there for about 15 minutes.

there is no blood and it was the only time since yesterdays episode.
i have never had leakage. or accidents.

i will call my gastro dr tomorrow and i see my surgeons on the 21st. it's probably nothing and completely normal. it was just weird that it has been almost a month since i had discharge out me bum! ha! so i was not expecting it and thought something might be wrong. still new to all this!

Kazy, understand why it was scary, but I have read lots of posts of people being freaked out as you were and then finding that it's normal. I think the nerves get a bit messed up too, trying to figure out what signals to send w/the new anatomy. I am also sewn shut (love the "Barbie butt" phrase, allblue), but I had some "phantom rectum" after surgery where I would swear I had to go, and there was no way.....

it worked temporarily and then did not work at all the second time i did it. actually everything i've ever tried, be it medical or some internet miracle cure, worked once and only once. i never got anything to get rid of a flare a second time. could be just me i guess. i flared for a minimum of a few months at a time to over a year. and i never went more than a few months in remission at a time either. this all since 2005. the only that ever nipped a flare in the bud was prednisolone. unfortunately. cuz that stuff sucks!
even methotrexate only worked temporarily then i flared for 7 months before CMV destroyed me because of the methotrexate. ambulence, hospital, hemoraging, blood transfusions, scopes, hospital transfers, crashing, more blood transfusions then emergency surgery to save my life. woke up with a bag and no colon! now here i am. of course that is the short story, but all in all, no therapies ever really worked more than once or for very long with me.
if you want any more details or specifics let me know. i've tried it all except for the infliximab / humera injections. for some reason i was not eligible. don't understand how i can almost die but not be sick enough to be eligible for meds. strange!

I was warned I would have mucus discharge.

I have had stool with a little blood a few weeks after surgery (I was still in the hospital because of blood clots). I was told that was fine.

A little over a month after surgery, I lost what I considered a large amount of blood from my rectum. It was about 1/3 cup or 1/2 cup of blood and it was quick. Couldn't get to the bathroom in time. I was told from both my doctor and a relative who also does these surgeries, that this was normal as well and don't worry unless I loose that much blood again.

The white mucus that I have seen since few weeks is supposed to be healthy for me too. According to both doctors.

Hope this helps. I would keep your doctor's appraised to be safe and cover your bases anyway.

I've also been on prednisone for a week (bad rash) - yet there has been no change! Haha gahhh -.-

Anyhow, something more useful for you- the rectum will naturally secrete mucous more or less continuously so it makes sense that if you don't release any for awhile, it will build up causing some discomfort and more drainage the next time you let it out. Also, I know that I have remaining UC I my rectum (quite obvious from the blood, really)... many people do. But your case sounds mild, judgin by the color. So just hold in there (: