Please help me

I have been in flare for about 5 weeks. I am on 60 mg of prednisone and salofalk enemas every night. I have had some improvement but I am having a hard time this week, especially this weekend.

I have gone from bloody diarrhea to no movements at all. I am totally blocked up. The pain in my lower back and abdomen is terrible. There is some gurgling and sometimes I almost feel like I want to go but nothing every comes of it. In the mornings I pass gas, enema and mucus. I haven't passed anything else in two weeks.

I am week and tired. My joints and muscles all hurt. My entire body is uncomfortable. I don't sleep. I am completely emotionally overwhelmed now. I spent a good deal of yesterday in tears. I thought I would feel a lot better by now. My partner is also suffering emotionally now and that made yesterday even more difficult. It is hard to be a caretaker.

I have been put on a very restricted diet. I am only eating chicken, rice, potatoes, occasional beef, yogurt, broth, and fluids. I have been told no fruit, vegetables or grains.

Is there anything that I can eat or do that will help me empty myself? If I eat some spinach or avocado? What about a prep for colonoscopy? That sure did clean me out before but I am afraid it might hurt something? I am pretty sure my problem is that I am still so swollen that what is being produced by the part of my colon that is healing just can't get through.

I spoke to my doctor last Wednesday. He said that he feels I am improving and that I should call back next week.

I need to do something.

Please share any ideas.
Thank you

My doc always recomends Movicol to me its a sort of laxative that works by ismotic increases the ammount of water taken in by the bowels and stools so makes them soft and easier to pass down through the inflamation,I would noy try any other laxatives as they may be to harsh,I,m sure most of the pain and discomfort you are feeling is due to build upof stool.

Hi Alli
I am extremely sorry to hear about your pain because of blockage/bowel obstruction. Well my first advice would be to immediately consult your Doc. Ask him he can put you on to Liquid Paraffin. Even though it is OTC (can be sourced without medical prescription) and has no side effects, still I feel you may ask him. I have been taking that in case of extreme situations when everything, including my wind, motion, pee had got blocked. Only two tea spoons of Liquid Paraffin worked and the entire system got cleared within half an hour. I suppose some time it is also known as mineral oil, even though I feel mineral oil is castor oil, which is also used for same purpose.

Wish you good luck and good health.

Thanks for your support and ideas. I was thinking about getting a juicer and started to looking at them online.

I will wait and contact the doctors office in the morning (I think the ER would be a huge time burner with little in the area of results but I will go if I get worse or get a fever). Hopefully they can tell me what is okay for me to do.

Thanks again. It is really helpful to have a place to say help!