"full rectum" feeling - inflammation?

Hey guys. Quick question.

This weekend I have been doctors ordered to rest and avoid pressure on my butt til my hemmy procedure on Monday.

I was given pretend Vicodin... Hydrocodone... and advised to take to take it every 4 hours or as needed.

I have avoided wheat/gluten/fiber for the last few days. My BMs have seemed less painful on the hemmy and less frequent.

Yesterday I had a bit of pizza crust and im pretty sure im paying for it now. Been up all night going to thr bathroom. All night and morning. Wether im laying on my side or back, sitting upright... I feel extreme pressure in my rectum. Just moving a leg causes me to have to run to the bathroom.

Before the pizza I had been good with the pain killers. Was able to socialize, take some really great naps. Friday was a "good day" the first in so long!

But now the pain killers seem to be doing nothing. Im going to the bathroom every 20-30 minutes since about midnight last night. With only a couple hours of sleep here and there.

So, long story long, im assuming the pizza (which had about a 6 hour transit time, which is normal for me right now) is the culprit. Or possibly the Activia "drink" I had. The yogurt doesn't "harm" me but the drink seems to have more sugars and crap I n ot.

So my butt is now WORSE because of the extra bathroom trips, the painkillers aren't working and im tired as heck! As well as uncomfortable.

Insurance monday. I want rectal meds!

The "full rectum" feeling usually indicates major inflammation in the rectum, correct?

(Sorry for the ramble... just wish I had someone to talk to about all of this)

Sorry about your recent bump in the road, everything will stabilize soon. You must not apologize for your post, especially since we can relate to your condition and since this subject is rather difficult to openly discuss with everyone in your life. I find that most of the urgency and frequency that accommodates colitis is due to rectal inflammation. When I managed to get the rectal inflammation under control, the frequency and the urgency declined. An inflamed rectum is hypersensitive and difficult to control, disrupting the efficiency of the sphincter and surrounding muscles while obstructing the natural flow of bowel movements. The feeling of fullness is largely due to the pressure caused by the rectal inflammation.

The feeling of fullness should subside when the rectal inflammation is reduced.

Keep your chin up and hang in there.

Is it like tenesmus? When you feel like you have to go all the time... that's certainly caused by inflammation. Get the inflammation under control and that should go away too. I hate that feeling of having to go all the time.

I think I caught your hemmie.

Hey izzy, thanks for the response, sorry I didnt see it before I replied last.

The painful/heavy/full rectum feeling isn't quite like tenesmus... because I get the feeling and then I do actually poop.

Managed to get a 2 hour nap in and now another 1 hour nap. Thankfully. Except its 2pm on a Sunday and I've spent the day either crapping and crying or trying to sleep and crying. Haha. No wonder my brother calls me a "leaker."

Muscles hurt, body hurts, head hurts.
think its time for a bath :)

All i can say is: i really hope you feel better soon because that is an ungodly way to live and feel. IMO rectum pressure is one of the worst pains you can experience, along with child birth and other crap.

Sigh, the stuff we have to endure....

I honestly want to give you the biggest hug right about now, that sounds awful. It bothers me that we have to deal with this condition and its twisted symptoms. Those tearful days and nights are difficult and lonesome. I wish you all the best and hope that you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have probably said this a dozen times, but I mean it when I say that you are not alone.

Someday, we shall be free of this disease.