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Posted 5/17/2010 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else find that mornings are the worst time with UC. Usually the rest of the day is great. I usually have to get up a good three hours before I go anywhere just in case. some days are better than others. Its not like I am eating this huge meal the night before... Just was wondering if anyone else finds this happens as well..

Nancy
Posted 5/17/2010 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, even when I was in remission I would get up and use the bathroom every morning like clockwork. At that time, I would go just once and it was formed but it was still strange to always go right after waking up, almost every day for a year. Now that i am not as well controlled, I get up in the morning and have to go a few times but I am usually okay throughout the day/evening. Last night I ate a huge meal and I did pay for it a little this AM.
Posted 5/17/2010 3:24 PM (GMT 0)
Mornings kill me. Sometimes I go 4 or 5 times before leaving for work then I do not go the rest of the day. When I first wake up I never go far from the bathroom because the first BM is coming soon. I think this is common with UC.
Posted 5/17/2010 3:31 PM (GMT 0)
     Always.  The pressure in my rectum is the worse.  It always feels like I have to "go" even when I don't.  Very uncomfortable.
Posted 5/17/2010 3:35 PM (GMT 0)
Maybe it's because we are sleeping and inactive for a while and then we move around, stirring everything up.

I am always scared about what will happen after I eat breakfast. rolleyes
Posted 5/17/2010 4:19 PM (GMT 0)
Transit times and peristalsis. ;D
Posted 5/17/2010 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
My GI says a "cluster" of bms in the morning is typical for us.
I didn't ask him why. :-) Next visit, maybe? lol
Posted 5/17/2010 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
I think I'm one of the few on here who doesn't have tough mornings. I'll occasionally have a morning BM, but mine typically come after dinner, which was my normal in pre-UC days.
Posted 5/17/2010 4:40 PM (GMT 0)
I have always been a morning pooper! Lately, it's been as soon as I wake up. Sometimes I go in the afternoon as well. But most days 1-2 in the morning.
Posted 5/17/2010 5:13 PM (GMT 0)

fruitgirl said...
I think I'm one of the few on here who doesn't have tough mornings. I'll occasionally have a morning BM, but mine typically come after dinner, which was my normal in pre-UC days.

I think you are one of the few that are in a TRUE remission. The morning wake up  call seems to be very common amongst those of us where flares have lingered on so long that there is a very fine line between  the actual remission phase..for some it never comes..for me personally, I have never been normal since the flare after the birth of my son.
Posted 5/17/2010 5:18 PM (GMT 0)
You're probably right, Krissy. I know I'm really lucky to be where I am, UC-wise and wish everyone could have the same luck I have.
Posted 5/17/2010 5:44 PM (GMT 0)

babygreens said...
Maybe it's because we are sleeping and inactive for a while and then we move around, stirring everything up.

I think thats what the reason is!
Posted 5/17/2010 6:20 PM (GMT 0)
When my flares are at their worst..I can not even move one inch when I wake up in the morning without having to go. Even if I breath too heavily I need to go and ASAP!
Posted 5/17/2010 7:09 PM (GMT 0)

fruitgirl said...
I think I'm one of the few on here who doesn't have tough mornings. I'll occasionally have a morning BM, but mine typically come after dinner, which was my normal in pre-UC days.

Mornings are the calmest point of my day, UC wise. I still haven't experienced diarrhea or constant BMs during this flare which is really weird. Actually been battling constipation more. When I wake up in the morning I am completely pain free. After getting up and moving around for about 15-20 min, the pain returns...then I get sad.
Posted 5/18/2010 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
UC means that the butt rules, and when it's inflamed, it HATES mornings. You get up and subject it to the pull of gravity ... (My take on it after long experience!) / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
Posted 5/18/2010 1:55 AM (GMT 0)
I no longer get woken up by my Uc but in the beginning I hardly got any sleep. I was always running to the bathroom. Now I HATE mornings because that is my worse time of the day. Even in remission I would still go to the bathroom 1-3 times within a couple hours of being awake. When I sleep, my colon sleeps. When I wake up so does the colon.
Posted 5/18/2010 5:32 AM (GMT 0)
It's not necessarily all about gravity...reason I know this is cuz often I wake up, lay in bed watching TV and the urge hits without standing/sitting up or even rolling from my back (which is how I sleep) onto my side...I don't have to move at all and the urge will hit shortly after I wake up.

Mornings are typically the nature of the beast, a few IBDers will have most of their activity in the evening or later in the day, but the majority seem to be plagued with it first thing in the morn...what a way to start a day...everyday :(
Posted 5/18/2010 2:57 PM (GMT 0)
My mornings are so awkward. Sometimes I'll wake up and rush down the hall to the bathroom, other mornings it is just a few casual trips. When I sleep in really late my body just doesn't care about my UC and I wont even need to go, but I'll go sometime later that afternoon.

Ironically for class days it doesn't matter when I wake up, I'll have to go (asap) whenever my class starts. I'll get to class sit down, the prof will stand up and I'll bolt for the door.
Posted 5/18/2010 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
I too always get up three hours before I have to go somewhere. Several poops - often so urgent that I can't get to the bathroom in time, then not as bad the rest of the day - though not reliable either. I usually take Immodium about an hour after I get up and again later if I am going out and want to up my odds of not having an accident. BUT sometimes, like last night, I went to bed feeling good while visions of nicely formed poop danced in my head. Then at 4AM I woke suddenly and had a huge bloody, runny poop on the way to the john. Such fun. Cleaning up me, my panties, the floor in the middle of the night. This is completely unpredictable and yucky!
Posted 5/18/2010 8:04 PM (GMT 0)

saralee said...
I too always get up three hours before I have to go somewhere. Several poops - often so urgent that I can't get to the bathroom in time, then not as bad the rest of the day - though not reliable either. I usually take Immodium about an hour after I get up and again later if I am going out and want to up my odds of not having an accident. BUT sometimes, like last night, I went to bed feeling good while visions of nicely formed poop danced in my head. Then at 4AM I woke suddenly and had a huge bloody, runny poop on the way to the john. Such fun. Cleaning up me, my panties, the floor in the middle of the night. This is completely unpredictable and yucky!

Gotta love this darn illness!!
Posted 5/18/2010 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
yeah each day i didnt wake 2 hours before college , i must have accident . Today i woke up late . Didnt have my breakfast just take that pills with a whole glass of water.... And oh my god i'll never do it again ....i didnt hold it in the street . My car is in reapring ,i coldnt take bus or even a cap so i walked all the trip between college and home , yeah i walked in hurry from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm and the awful thing that i'm in arthritics flare since march and forgot to take any painkiller with me
WHAT A DAY :S
Posted 5/20/2010 8:18 PM (GMT 0)
Mornings are bad for me. I used to be a runner, but once UC hit, I am stuck near a bathroom for the first 2 hrs of the day.
Posted 5/20/2010 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
My mornings have always been a problem since i was first diagnosed. Its funny that the ride to work i could tell you where all the bathroom stops are....because you never knew. Gotta love this disease!
Posted 5/20/2010 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
With me, gravity does play some part. I can stay in bed for some time without having too much of a problem, but once I am up, I get 15, may be 20 seconds tops. And I am not even in a major flare up. No blood, poop is well formed. I have to go at least 2ce at home before I can make it to work, and generally once in my first hour at work. Right now, I don't have any other UC symptoms. But this urgency, and 3-4 runs before 10am really bog me down...
Posted 5/21/2010 4:01 AM (GMT 0)
Mornings are the worst for me too.I've found that drinking coffe first thing helps get the morning "routine" done quicker.
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