What is your pain like?

I do not have a lot of pain in the abdomen usually unless I have to go to the bathroom, I have usual "I've got to go right now pain". Does that make sense? lso, I sometimes get sharp pain in rectum area, occasionally lower somach pain, but not bad. Body Aches! Come and go. I'm 43 and sometimes feel older. I feel like my body was hit by a truck sometimes. Bottom of feet hurt a lot, bones just ache. Again, not always and I have no idea if body aches are related to my Ulcerative Proctitis. I hope you get answers soon and hope they are good ones! Take Care, Bellski

Well I pass alot of blood but never much seem to suffer from pains.

The odd feeling of urgency, the odd feeling of rawness in my lower intestine and that's about it.
I would describe my most common sensation as an unsettled feeling like mild fizzing in my bowels (only in peak bad bout).

A year or so prior to my diagnosis I experienced a few times very sharp and intense shooting pains in my bowels.

I have cramping and the urge to go NOW, left side pain (under my breast) and joint pain with fatigue (especially when anemic from bleeding). My knees and finger will swell and my eyes hurt at times. My GI Dr says this is due to a flare and maybe under treating my UC.

Thanks all. This does sound like what could be going on with me. My first pain was about 5 yrs ago, I was driving home and got a crippling pain on my left side about 2 inches left of my belly button. I could not move. Went to ER and all organs checked out okay. Every now and then over the years I would get that same pain there either before,during or after a BM. The pain could last 2 to 20 min. Last yr I got a dull pain there that last a week, thought it was my overies but they were fine. I blew the pain off. Then this year right after a VERY stressful event the dull pain came back and has stuck with me, I have it most days. There was one day a few wks back it hit SO hard I thought I was about to die, went to ER all organs checked out again. about 2 wks ago I had a BM everytime after I ate, they were loose. I was going about 8 times per day. NORMALLY, I am the opposite, more consitpated. Now my BM seems normal, but dull pain still there. With all this, dr thinks Colitis though I wont know till my scope

I have for the past 5 wks migratory and fleeting joint pain, it can hit for 10 seconds in one part of my body or last an hour in another. I have been fatigued and am getting bumps and indents all over my nails. I did read colitis and joint pain can be associated hence my posts. Just trying to calm myself down and connect the two issues.....

Does your joint pain sound like mine? How long do flares last? Does stress cause a flare?

Any more ideas, keep them coming. Thanks so much!

Thank you SO much for your responses, it really helps me. My joint pain is so odd, the first time it hit I thought I sprained my ankle, but then it was fine in the am and then had hit my other foot, toes included. Now I get pulsating pains in my ankle that hit for maybe 30 minutes, or quick pains to my fingers, for example if I use my iphone for awhile my finger starts hurting. Other times I get sharp quick jabs. Its all very odd and of course concerning. My joints are cracking like crazy too. The odd think is I now have these bumps on my nails, like bubbles, I have some indents too, they look like waves on my nails. Of course I looked this up and read it could mean possible arthritis or serious disease ( Great!). They say the fingernails really tell the health of someone. This nail issue just came up a few days ago, they were fine before! I also read some people with UC have skin and nail issues?

At anyrate, it is good to hear that my joint pain sounds like the pain associated with Colitis. I have been to so many drs and just want answers. Of course I wont know anything definative till I get my scope.......

I have had the left sided pain on and off for years as well as bm issues. Right when I found out my dad had terminal cancer in May the pain came back so I thought perhaps if I do have UC that this event has caused a "flare".

Thank you all for providing me with your insight..

Very interesting thread. I have consistant though not totally continual pain on my left side between belly button and hip. I have lots of cramps in various place all over the area below and beside my belly button. I don't often have severe pain, but when I do it is, thankfully, short lived.

I never knew so many people with UC have joint pain and seems like almost everyone who responded to this thread has at least some joint pain. it is, as I said, very interesting.

Hope you find some answers at your doctor's appt.

I usually get the "I have to go right now pain", even when I am not having a flare up. I usually get very sharp pains in my lower left abdomen and I have to curl up in a ball because it's the only thing that seems to make it feel better. And during flare ups I always have pain/cramping after I eat something.

As for joint pains, when I have flare ups and am on prednisone my knees and ankles hurt so bad that I can barely walk. My whole body just doesn't feel right. The doctor says that the ulcerative colitis is causing me to have arthritis in my knees and ankles and I'm only 22. Usually prednisone helps people with their joint pain but for be it makes it worse.

My abdominal pain???  Oh man,  it changes so often.....When I'm flaring real bad and have the urgency to have a BM,  I run to the potty,  then sit there in so much pain while my abdomen cramps up so bad that it feels like its trying to push literally EVERYTHING out of my body through my rectum, when in fact only some blood and/mucous come out.    Then I will often periodically during the day have bloating and gassy pains that feel like pressure and jabbing mainly in the left side of my abdomen.  Then theres the feeling like my colon weighs 200lbs,  with every step I take,  I can feel it jiggle around in there, and every movement is painful.     Then theres the  pain that is  more at my butt and internal low colon..its like a constant pressure and burning,  I don't want to sit down...just want to lay on my side.     Then ,  with the flares always come the increase in body aches/arthritis.    Isn't this darn disease FUN?!?  NOT!!   anyways,  thats my low down...

Do you guys always have diareah? See I dont, I usually cant really go (even though I feel like I need to)...more hard and small (sorry I know its not a pretty topic), or they are loose and frequent. I read that colitis is more diareah? Is that really true?

Also, I get a lot of gas at night when I go to the bathroom. I use to think it was part of my GERD, but maybe not?

Oh also, my eyes are red all the time now. Have no clue if THAT is related!

My pain to differs from a dull ache to a omg dont know what to do pain they are normally in my lower abdomen and left side also seem to have a pressure feeling like you constantly want to go but am learing to ignor that or would never get out of the loo also have movable joint pain never seems to be in one place U/C is so much fun not.

Thanks alll, it sure sounds like this IS what I have. Can stress bring on a flare?

With your guys joint pain, does it seem to jolts spots at times? Last night I was laying down and my left ankle got a couple quick jolts that spread through my foot, then it was fine.

This morning I ate and as soon as I ate I started to get a real back dull pain and "had to go" (bm was normal though)- I could hardly walk to the bathroom. The best way to describe it is like a bad side stitch (like the pain you get when you eat to quick before excercising!)

Wonder if theses bumps and indents that popped up on my nails have to do with this. They just showed up last week!

My pains are just like Bellski's. I get the gotta go NOW pain, then sometimes pain afterwards (I think that is due to hemms). I have pancolitis, but my current flare only seems to be impacting the tail end of things. Occasionaly I get that sharp pain in my rectum area as well. I have been attributing this to possible

As for joint pain, for some reason my middle finger on my right hand and my right elbow really ache from time to time.