Urgency even when not flaring?

     I would say you are still flaring a bit.  When I am in remission I feel like a million bucks.  No urgency, no bleeding no pain.  But when flaring....all of it.  This flare started around Memorial Day and I am no better even with all the meds and watching my diet like a hawk.  Today I even saw some blood.  It is just so frustrating.

Hi..are you still taking the enemas talliecat?

Urgency is a funny thing...since you were in a flare, I'd say things are still healing, so technically, you probably still have inflammation, even if it's a very small amount.

Then there's urgency where one has had an urge to go now probably because of gas or whatever, but no rectal feelings attached like in a flare.

If you have that with every bm, I'd say you're healing...well on your way since you've said you're doing much better.

Urgency can be the last thing to leave...or as some have reported, they always have urgency even when in remission...I think it can depend on what kind of urgency.

But again, since you're recently in a flare, I'd lean to that reason.

Why did you up the Lialda to 4?

quincy

did you stop the enemas?

The daily cup of coffee, especially whatever time you normally have it, will trigger the download of stool from the sigmoid into the rectum....
I kind of depend on that and have coffee in the morning..or when I have breakfast/brunch....for that fact. But, in the event that I'm out for brunch, I have two or more glasses of water upon waking up and that as well will trigger the bm urge.

It's habit for me to go, and I heed that without really holding it in for a long time. To take advantage and get on with my day is the point. But, if I were in a flare, I'd have a seond urge, more so that the first...that would be expected.

I will sometimes have a bm in the evening..depending on what I've eaten the day before. It's more of quantity rather than the urge. Again, the type of urge may be the determiner...

Excess gas will cause more of a difficult time holding in bms.

Definitely stick with the enemas. I don't like using them either....and I do notice more of a need to go in the morning after...it is what it is, but between them, not the same, so partly can be the enemas and extra "slip" since the liquid of it isn't felt like a stool would be.

Maybe my butt is just aging...got to start the kegel exercises...that might help some..

quincy

Yes. I feel the same way when I am in the early stages of remission. I still have issues with urgency, but no other symptoms. The urgency gradually gets better, and I'm able to hold the poo in for longer and longer. I think the reason there is still urgency is that it takes awhile for the colon to heal. So while the colon my not be flaring, it is still too weak to hold in the poo.

Coffee, cream, and sweeteners are all not good for flares. Try drinking water or herbal teas instead. I drink Tension Tamer from Celestial Seasonings. It's anti-inflammatory.

Hi nososicklygirl,

Don't worry. I've been in remission for about six and a half months, and I was actually had to hold it in for a whole day once about a month? ago. It takes a long time for the colon to heal.

I forgot to mention that I had a colonoscopy done when I first got into remission with my second flare. My GI officially declared that I was in remission. He also said my colon was 98% healed and that my recovery was remarkable. Yet it still took months for the urgency to go away.

I have IBS when I eat/drink stuff that contains a lot of fructose. I will have massive bloating, gas, and diarrhea. I don't think urgency is a symptom of IBS, not unless you are having diarrhea and that's why you can't hold it in.