HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

2 bms in the morrning

Support Forums
>
Ulcerative Colitis
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 9/17/2009 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
does any one else do this. im just wondering how well this diet is really working. I do 1 bm at 5am and then one bm at about 9 or 10 am. does everyone do 2 in the morrning. today i acutlly had 3 bms. if i have more i start to think its uc. i also find that if i sleep past 5 am which i usually don't i will only have 1 morrning bm and then an afternoon bm. they seem to all be fromed with no blood.
Posted 9/17/2009 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
Since getting UC, I almost always have at least 2 morning BMs. I used to only go once a day before UC.

As long as you have less than 3 BMs a day with no blood and they are formed, it sounds like you're doing prety well. I wouldn't worry unless you have other symptoms that are bothering you.
Posted 9/17/2009 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
Maybe you have scar tissue or your colon hasn't completely healed. Either that or you could be having a microscopic flare, one which can be seen only under a microscope.

I have only one BM a day if I eliminate all sugar from my diet. I'll have two or three if I eat sugar. I guess I really should give sugar up.

Thanks for your post. It's reminded me of the importance of sticking to my diet and not wavering. Even though I'm having formed BM's, I started having two or three BMs a day after I started adding sugar to my tea.

Anyway, your diet is working if it is reducing the inflammation.
Posted 9/17/2009 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
I eat whatever I want and I have one BM/day - in the morning. Once in a while I will have one in the morning and another later in the day but that is probably once a week or less. Every now and then I have a full day where I don't have a BM. That freaks me out now that I am so used to being regular. Usually after a day with no BMs, I will have a day with 2 BMs.
Posted 9/17/2009 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Since I started the probiotics and Rowasa, I've had only 3 bms a day and sometimes 2! - I'd had 4 a day every day at my very best for 23 years.
Posted 9/17/2009 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
Me two/too. It used to be one morning BM a day before UC; but nowadays it's always at least 2 BMs in the AM. Afternoons and evening are normally fine.
Posted 9/17/2009 9:22 PM (GMT 0)
Same! Mornings are always the worst for me. Usually 1-2 unformed BMs, then I'm much better for the day.
Posted 9/18/2009 2:58 AM (GMT 0)
Mornings are the worst. I think I went five times (not formed) this morning then again after lunch and have been fine the rest of the day with one Immodium. Currently on Remicade and 30 mg of Pred that is not helping.
Posted 9/18/2009 11:35 AM (GMT 0)
thanks everyone. i wouldent be supprised if i have scar tissue. they are all formed bms. and it is usally only 2 bms yesterday i had 2 morrning bms and 1 afternoon bm. but it seems that it only happens if i wake up and go back to sleep, so its something to do with sleeping and waking up. there is no bleeding or mucus. its also weird that when i first got uc i had 2 morrning bms. then i took the pentasa and it went down to 1. now it doesnt matter if im taking pentasa or not it still seems to stay at 2. Hmmm. who knows i still could start flaring even though im doing this raw thing. it seems to be helping though. i don't have any urgency just 2 bms in the morrning.
Posted 9/18/2009 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
I'd say it's probably related to your diet, as diet affects your BM's. It kind of sounds like it's becoming your "new normal."
And having a BM after waking up is pretty common for ALL people, not just those with UC.
Posted 9/18/2009 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
thanks for your advice fruit girl. sometimes trying something like raw foods you just don't know. I still take my meds but sometimes i think is it really worth it they seem to make no difference at all. If they did make a difference i would not think about stopping them, but it just seems that they don't do anything. I keep taking them for now and ask the GI doctor when i see them in Jaunary
Posted 9/18/2009 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
I just wanted to clarify I wasn't bashing your diet at all...I was just stating that what you eat comes out the other end, so it has to affect it! I mean, when I eat a lot of something really high in insoluble fiber, I tend to have looser and more frequent poops over the next couple of days. But, I also keep in mind that it's normal for my body (and likely normal for anyone).

Try not to worry so much, ok? :)
Posted 9/18/2009 5:01 PM (GMT 0)
If I only had 2-3 bm's a day I wouldn't be on this forum! Even though I feel like I'm in semi-remission, I'm still going 4-8 times every day, mainly in the mornings. I usually go about an hour after I eat lunch also, then sometimes after dinner too! This is the best it's gotten for me since 2007! I basically spent that entire year either on the toilet, in bed, or in the hospital. So I feel like I'm doing pretty darn well.

Posted 9/18/2009 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
When I'm not flaring, I usually have 1 or 2 bms in the morning. I've read that up to 3 bms a day is normal.

When I'm flaring though I can have up to 4/day. Sometimes it's just that urge to go and the only thing that comes out is mucous and blood.

I'm in a flare right now and have added vitamin e to my enemas. It really seems to be helping...might want to give it a try if your UC is low in the colon.
Posted 9/18/2009 5:22 PM (GMT 0)
Even in a full clinical and microscopic remission, I still go three times a day. It's my new "normal" I guess. In a full flare I go 23-30 times, so I don't get concerned until it goes over 5.
Posted 9/18/2009 5:30 PM (GMT 0)
fruit girl i didn't think you were. its cool its just the way i wrote my post made you thought that i thought that. No its cool. I think your right the raw line said they do this so as long as they are formed i think im ok. your correct. they feel good to do so thats good. I used to have real painful bms and still do sometimes. thanks for your guys imput i know where i am now. thanks
Posted 9/18/2009 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
Just a question: How in the world can you eat raw foods? i can't even eat raw foods (thinking of carrots, most fruits except bananas) or most vegetables like spinach, broccoli etc, when I am NOT flaring. It gives me the worst cramps and diarhea.
Posted 9/18/2009 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
Scarlet504 I don't know. I didn't think about what I was doing. All i knew was there were 2 guys named paul nison and david klien. and they got rid of their symptoms by going raw. so i said the hell with it. ill try it. I didn't hear of scd till later, but now i know of both. which is good. I also have the scd book anyway i was in so much pain and the urgency was starting to happen at work so i coulnent deal with it so i went raw. im still raw. i do eat some cooked foods, like i don't like raw mushrooms, and i cant eat raw broccoli so i steam it. I am careful too. i do take supplements. i take b12- thats important to take. i dont know? all i know is pentasa stoped working. the nhs didnt want to see me for months and i couldnet live with the pooing so i had to stop it. i just had to. i didnt like it :( paul nison is cool. i have spoken to him and he is the man. if interested i stongly recommed his books. really helpful. and even if you decide not to go raw you can still learn about heathy eating. . look him up hes on paulnison.com. i haven read kliens book yet but its coming. i have to be careful with money, every cent counts right now but my next book is day light diet.
Posted 9/18/2009 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
Well, that's truly amazing. I always had big problems with raw fruits and vegetables, long before UC. And like I said, lots of veggies I can't even eat steamed or cooked.
Posted 9/20/2009 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
thats weird i dont know why we are diffent. it seems that raw works for some, scd diet works better for others. and sometimes i think surgery is the best. but really i just did this. i didn't really know what i was doing. and you have to be careful when going raw. you need to make sure you get all your vitimans. any way my ibd is not so bad, but ive been having chest pains. im hoping god is not throwing somthing else at me.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply