Worst day so far....Hospitalized yesterday to do severe constipation and kidney pain!!!!

Hey guys...

I'm writing this from home now, but yesterday I had to admit myself into hospital for the first time in 4 years.....

Some of you may recall that I've been having a bad flare up with serious constipation...Had 3 BM's in 3 weeks, all only with the aid of lots of laxitives...
Yesterday, the pain in my stomach, kidney pains and nausea meant that I couldn't take it any more, and I took myself to ER.

Spend all day yesterday in the hosptial having various enemas and fingers shoved up my bum. Not fun. They took X-Rays, and the exact words from the doctor were " Wow. Girl, you are full of poop! Like seriously, it's almost up to your throat!!" ( obviously I hope he was exagerating a little there....but it turns out I had filled my entire colon with poo....and none of it wanted to move anywhere!)

So the enemas and soap suds, Milk of Magnesia, Flax-Seed Oil, digestive enemas etc haven't worked. Now they are concerned that the scar tissue in my colon from the flare may have made a stricture in my colon, stopping the poop from moving anywhere and effectively, bringing my digestive system to a halt.
Due to it being a weekend ( ) , they couldn't do a CT scan there and then, and so have booked one for Monday morning. It that seems to show a stricture, then the only cure is surgery....I'm so upset! I really am. Surgery means that I will have to start my University course all over again.....and as a mature student on a high pressure course, that is totally devestating to me. I moved to Canada because I passed an audition and secured a place in an Acting School, now my dreams are under threat.....



Oh, and they've also put me on Predineson...(or however you spell it!) 50mg.....just for a week I hope, until things (pray to God) get better for me....I really wanted to avoid that. I feel side-effects already ( feel really shakey, and my heart-rate feels raised). Due to the real possibility of hurting myself with a ruptured colon, they have put me on a liquid diet until Monday....or until bowel movments happen at a spectacular rate! So I'm living on meal replacement shakes (yum...not!), prune juice, fibre liquids and stool softeners. Oh and of course my UC meds too.

Anyway guys and girls, just wanted to vent out some frustration and sadness....sorry. Hope things are going ok for all of you . This is truely a nasty condition we have.

What is that, Sue???

I feel as if my colon has just stopped working.......really scarey!

Gosh hang in there...are they considering surgery to remove your colon of just the affected area?

Wow, it totally makes sense then regarding your constipation. Scary..but good you went to the hospital.

Where is the stricture they saw on the x-ray?

hope the surgery can help get you back to feeling better soon.

If you discuss your situation with the acting school, they might still reserve a place for you in the near future.

Keep us posted...

quincy

Hi everyone...

Thanks so much for all your replies....on days like today and yesterday, I don't know what I'd do without the support I get on here....

They are still not sure if there is a stricture, but feel its likely due to the fact that nothing is working so far (in trying to get out the poop!)...The X-ray didn't appear to show anything other than an eye-wateringly packed colon.
.I did actually have a small bowel movement this morning (thank heavens!), but it was only around 4 inches long....and I know I have a colon packed with the stuff!!

The poop itself looked quite healthy though, which is a surprise! Not hard or runny at all...just right. Typical.

But tonight I'm still in great pain with a distended stomach and a feeling of fullness and gas. I can't wait for Monday for that CT scan...I know most people have the opposite problem with UC (runny poop), and I feel for those who suffer with that....but right now, I would love to sit on the toilet for 2 hours and just expel everything like water!

If there is no stricture, it might be that the colon is refusing to work due to the bad inflammation and colitis....it may have just gone on strike! If so, I'm not sure what they can do to get the muscles down there working...I've head that the colon has to be removed in some cases.

I'm so scared...I'm only 29, but feel like 80 right now....

Thanks again guys for all your support. I will keep you updated with any news....be safe out there.

Ontario... I feel for you. hopefully everything will work out with school and such. This disease is a b#@$%. And its so different for everyone. But I will say keep up the fight. There's worse things out there. It may not seem like it now, but we do have a cure in the surgery. There's alot of diseases with NO cure. And this isn't normally deadly... just uncomfortable. And it takes away our quality of life if we let it. Keep up the fight. It could be a whole lot worse, I know it doesn't feel like it but it could be..... Be strong.
We all need a pep talk from time to time with this disease. And hey look at it this way... you're becoming a poo expert like the rest of us. LOL. now if we could just figure out a way to make money off our poo expertise.... LOL. I am kidding... just tryin to get ya to smile and jest. I find it helps me. Might as well laugh. sure beats crying. LOL.