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Posted 8/22/2012 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
For me, especially lately, I get the worst kind of sickly/weak/nausea feeling when I go #2. This then has a lasting effect of say 10-30 minutes on average. In general, except for lower energy, I feel fairly decent. I guess Im fortunate that I dont generally have the outright pain that people describe, but anything substantial moving through my colon gets my attention.

Is this different for others?
Posted 8/22/2012 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
I sometimes feel the worst while actually on the toilet as well while trying to pass the stool. I think I know what you are talkin about. Generally I do not experience the pain many others experience either except right before and during a movement. Usually it subsides quickly after the movement as well.
Posted 8/22/2012 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
i'm with you two. bowel movements are my most unpleasant part of the day. i don't have rectum pain- it's just abdominal cramping and horrid gas. i feel immediately better after i've gone though.
Posted 8/22/2012 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
When my gut wakes me up in the night (maybe around 4 or 5am) and I can't get back to sleep. I find that the worst - probably because i know I need the sleep. Luckily it doesn't happen that much. Actually it doesnt feel physically awful just mentally.

Luckily I don't get that physically awful feeling unless I'm cramping while havin a cr@p. And i only get cramping when i'm flaring. Apart from that it's just fatigue.

I worry about my future health such as colon cancer, surgery, and side effects of prolonged drug use e.g. osteoporosis, dental problems, blurred vision from pred use etc etc. I think that's where UC get's to me the most to be honest.
Posted 8/23/2012 1:49 AM (GMT 0)
When I am flaring, I hurt all the time. Especially when going to the bathroom. I get the nausea at times but definitely the feel of pooping razor blades. Ouch!

When I am in remission, for the most part I don't get any sick feeling. But because I have diverticular disease too, I sometimes cramp horribly until I have a bm, than all is well.
Posted 8/23/2012 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
When I am completely in remission, I have no pain, no symptoms, and feel completely normal.

However, I haven't been in remission in over a couple years...

Right now in a pretty bad flare and get the most pain/cramping in the mornings and some in the evenings. Occasionally mid-day, especially after I eat, but the worst is definitely early mornings. If it wakes me up at night, though, which it has been lately, I'm feeling pretty sick. I have been starting to get the nauseated feeling as well, when the cramping is so bad it makes me sick to my stomach and I'm not sure which end to point towards the toilet, LOL. But definitely the worst cramps before and sometimes during a bowel movement.
Posted 8/23/2012 7:25 AM (GMT 0)
Nausea, and contiual butt throbbing from flaring until the rectals kick in. Those days I take Bentylol up to 4 times. That, plus gravol to take the edge off the nausea.

I hate being nauseated because I become even more sensitive to smells, odours and sounds.

ugh...
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Posted 8/23/2012 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
Mornings for sure but only in a flare...some days afternoon ish ...and of course during flare right after the bathroom with horrible rectal pain and pressure.
Posted 8/23/2012 9:29 PM (GMT 0)
freddyj - I get that feeling sometimes too. Sometimes I even get like a cold sweat and feel faint...that's only happened a few times. I also used to get really terrible abdominal pain/cramping before getting on Asacol.
Posted 8/23/2012 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
I usually feel great first thing in the morning...

A little sore shortly after BMs and then poor from lunch til I leave work. Probably stress! Seems to improve as soon as I get home.
Posted 8/24/2012 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
I feel horrible every single day upon waking. I am just so tired and I never feel well-rested. My UC hasn't been bothering me but I tore my fissure this morning and that was AWFUL. Definitely not a good point in the day, especially after struggling to get out of bed in the first place.
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