Holy Moly That Hurt!

I had HORRENDOUS abdominal pain for three hours tonight. Earlier today I had eaten a salad with three full carrots (I usually have 1-2 carrots), and then I ate pistachios afterwards. I am in remission so I've been doing a lot more healthy eating...

Well tonight I came home and ate some pizza... and within 20 minutes I was keeled over in so much pain I could not stand up. I stumbled agonizingly to the bathroom and had one good BM, then a couple small ones just trying to clear my system. That only slightly helped, and then I had to endure another 2+ hours of pain just sitting on my couch watching tv, not moving.

Finally just about 15 minutes ago something changed and I don't hurt anymore at all. I was worried I had something very serious wrong with me. It was a bad pain at and below my naval. I always worry about appendicitis and gallbladder issues, since it's so hard to tell exactly.

Anyone with experiences like this that has advice how to distinguish the differences please tell me how you tell.

@Thoreau: How often do you eat pizza? Was there anything in the salad that you had not been eating previously?

Gas pains can be extremely painful, and can begin very suddenly. A heating pad might help.

I've had gas pains like that similar to what others are saying, but never for that duration. Maybe an hour

I'm like you, I always worry about appendicitis and whether the pain could be attributed to that. My brother had an emergency appendectomy after his almost ruptured. In his case the pain didn't subside like your did so hopefully it doesn't have anything remotely to do with your appendix.

I know with my IBS, it's a cumulative diet. I can eat a big salad once in a while, but if I eat the salad with a cheesy pasta dish, I'll get colicky cramps the next day. If I'm eating pizza this week, I don't eat beans or salad, etc. I've sort of learned that I can eat "problem" foods (high fiber, fattier) two or three times a week at most and it won't bother me.

On the positive side, I recently had a minor surgical procedure. I know anesthesia always makes me constipated, so I had a big Cobb salad the night before surgery. Voila! No constipation. So while it's a pain in the rear, I can also use it to my advantage at times.

I would have hours long stomach pain pre-UC (if your pancreas were on your left side, that's where my pain would be). It would be so bad I would almost pass out. I would just lay there for a few hours. I wouldn't really move my bowels though. I think a few times I threw up. I never did figure out what caused it per se, but I did notice that it was linked to cheese. Pizza cheese, blue cheese, spinach artichoke dip. Then one time I got horrible pains after eating veggie cheese (no lactose) so my lactose intolerance theory went out the window. :(