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Posted 5/9/2008 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
Over the past week or two, I've been getting up about 5-8 times during the night, to go to the bathroom, but the majority of the times, it's GAS, GAS, GAS...until the last time or two, when some stool comes out (I've been diagnosed with UC since 2001). Needless to say, this is extremely annoying and keeps me from having a good night's sleep. Does anyone else have issues like this? Sometimes just by the position of my sleep, it changes (if I'm lying on my back, it's less at times).

Notes:
- I generally DO eat right before sleeping
- I've been on REMICADE for over a year
- I've recently started administering ENEMAS before sleep, although the last 2 night I didn't do any enemas and STILL woke up a ton of times
- Taking stuff like GAS-X doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever
- As SOON as I wake up the next day and get out of bed...the gas stops almost completely!

Any feedback would be appreciated.
Posted 5/9/2008 6:09 PM (GMT 0)

Nacholover - I used to get this.  Are you sleeping on your side? As that used to cause my gas problems.

Try sleeping on your back only and see what happens..

(ps i am sure you already know to avoid fizzy drinks)

Posted 5/9/2008 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Nacho,

I have struggled with this for months. I would agree with KSU about the position of your sleep. I hadn't really thought about it, but whenever I stay on my back, I wake up less with that feeling.

I can totally understand the frustration. If I'm gonna get woke up in the night to go to the bathroom, I want it to be for something ligit!
Posted 5/9/2008 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
Fibre supplements suggested by my GI daily and indefinitely have aided my issues with what you're describing.

:)
Posted 5/9/2008 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
NachoLover just to prove that this disease is so diff. for everyone. My husband had a few days like that and he noticed that sleeping on his back was causing him to have more gas. Sleeping on his side helped reduce the gas. Go figure! I hope things improve for you.
Posted 5/9/2008 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
In the years before finding out I had UC, gas came upon me through the evening and night many, many times.  Do you have bloating too?  I look back on it now as a sign that my digestive system was going out of whack.  I found that if I used the palm of my hand to massage the area of abdomen below my belly button.  I rubbed quite firmly in a circular motion.  It often gave me relief.  I never figured out how to prevent it, but the massage made me feel better and helped me get more sleep. 
Posted 5/10/2008 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
This doesn't happen to me at night (thank god) but it does in the morning. I have to get up an hour or two earlier than needed just so I can run to the bathroom a minimum of 3 times to get out the gas and then some stool. It's so annoying!
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