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Posted 10/24/2009 3:46 AM (GMT 0)
Forgive the subject matter

I noticed a long stringy thing in my bowel movement.  I had been feeling kind of "ulcerated" lower down the track.  Sometimes I get this, and it lasts a few days.  I sometimes feel like I have to use the bathroom within 30 minutes of each other.  For instance, and I have been having surprisingly well formed bowel movements lately, I had one formed one, then brackish diarrhea and then 20 minutes later had to run to the bathroom, burny achy ulcerating urgency, and then looked in to see a floating stringy bit partially floating.  It was very cohesive, as in not breaking apart.

I am worried if it is intestinal tissue, or just mucous.  It seemed really to fibruous and strong to be mucous?  I have not noticed any blood either.  Not the first time I've seen something like that - and it is brown, not white (when I flared really bad initially and went to the hospital I was having very strange issues and going every 2 minutes or so, couldn't even retain a glass of water.)

Thanks for the input

 

Posted 10/24/2009 4:08 AM (GMT 0)
doors12,
I have the same thing happen usually during an extremely bad flare and then later when I start getting better. I think it is damaged tissue but I don't know for sure. I always assumed it was my body getting rid of dead tissue making way for the healthier new cells. We should ask our GIs and see what they say. Everything else you described is also very familiar. Is it possible your intestine responds to your diet? I go through your current symptoms if I eat anything that causes inflammation. The list includes cream, wheat, beans, red meat and especially wheat flour with yeast. I have no problem with unleavened bread. Each person has different inflammation triggers which is why there isn't one anti-inflammatory diet that works for everyone. I hope you feel better soon.
Posted 10/24/2009 5:06 AM (GMT 0)
I would guess it to be mucuos, it seems to wear many hats in it's formation from what I've noticed over my 18 yrs experiance with the disease. Of course you should report anything new to your doc...you can even take him/her a sample...I always keep extra sample jars for things like that, it comes in pretty handy.

:)
Posted 10/24/2009 6:41 AM (GMT 0)
I'd say it's the excessive sloughing off of the mucus/cells from an inflamed colon. I get that if I'm flaring...but depending on how high up the inflammation is. Diarrhea for me happens with inflammation higher than the rectum....

Are you going lots of times a day?

Are you on any meds doors12?

You could try adding a fibre supplement to help bulk stuff up a bit and that "stuff" won't be quite as noticable.

It's scary the first time I saw it too...

quincy
Posted 10/24/2009 9:27 AM (GMT 0)
i've had a similar thing before when i've been flaring pretty bad, i thought it might be clotted blood?
Posted 10/24/2009 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
I've had that, too...I've assumed it was my body trying to expel anything related to the ulcerated area--whether blood, tissue, pus, or mucous, and get it out of my system. I've never asked my MD about it, though. Please keep us posted if you learn more about this.
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