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Posted 3/24/2009 1:52 PM (GMT 0)
Ever since I had my first symptoms and diagnosis. I have noticed that most of my symptoms appear in the morning versus the afternoon and night. Pain, gas, frequent bm's and rarely, after beginning mesalamine, blood. I am just curious why this is.
Posted 3/24/2009 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure why either, but I experience the same thing. I could go to the bathroom quite a few times in the morning, maybe 2 or 3 times in the afternoon, and then I'm fine by the evening.
Posted 3/24/2009 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
Typically when you sleep, your colon sleeps. When you wake, your colon wakes and then creates havoc :) Of course there is the exception for people that have colons that don't recognize sleep patterns.
Posted 3/24/2009 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
Same thing here. When I wake up I have to go to the bathroom. But it's okay , that way you know in advance when you'll have to poop :) I am getting used to it already. I can't sleep late though, I take my meds right when I wake up at breakfast, I noticed that that way I don't go to the bathroom that often in the morning, maybe once or twice only.
Posted 3/24/2009 3:10 PM (GMT 0)
Same for me too. Before UC I couldn't eat breakfast right after getting up because my digestive system wasn't "ready" to digest anything. During a flare it's a million times worse and even now that I'm in remission I have problems still. MWF I have class at 9 but Tuesday I have a lab at 8 and Tuesdays I can almost always expect d. Its like my colon is programmed to be up for a 9am class but 8am isn't its schedule and it can't handle it...
Posted 3/24/2009 7:53 PM (GMT 0)
Yep. I eat breakfast, and usually a little coffee, just to stimulate my gut to do as much as it can do before I start my day. And allow myself at least an hour after breakfast to allow that to happen...

Workout, breakfast (egg, bacon or salmon, coffee), shower, dress, make-up done on the throne (TMI?), then out the door.
Posted 3/24/2009 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
My colon is on a timer - 0530 or thereabouts every single day.  On a good day, 2 BM's when not in a flare.  In a flare, dont know how many will show up but in either case, first thing in the AM needs to be reserved for bowl time.  Come 0900 or so and colon is settled down.  And if I have a very early start of the day where I need to be out of the house for travel, I'll be sure to get out of bed extra early to drink a coffee to get the colon awake.... odd disease that plays with your mind for sure.

Posted 3/24/2009 11:24 PM (GMT 0)

Peety said...
Workout, breakfast (egg, bacon or salmon, coffee), shower, dress, make-up done on the throne (TMI?), then out the door.

I've started sometimes blowdrying my hair while on the throne. It's the only way I have enough time to get to work on time sometimes...

Yes, mornings are the worst for me too.

Posted 3/25/2009 4:28 AM (GMT 0)
I always have to make sure that I get up about an hour or more before its time for me to get ready. That way I can go to the bathroom and when its time for me to get ready Im good to go. Every now and then my colon is really upset and its doing that thing where nothing is coming out but it thinks it needs to go. When that happends I just go get my heat pad and heat it up. I put it on about where my colon is and I take 2 tylenol. Give it about 20 mins or so and Im SO much better.
Posted 3/25/2009 5:01 AM (GMT 0)
Nice to know my routine is as 'normal' as everyone else's as above when not in a flare :) IE. wake up, go to the toilet, eat breakfast, shower, get ready, go again to the toilet and then ready for the rest of the day. Always feel 'out of rythym' if have to get up earlier or wake up late. Puts a spanner in the works so to speak.
Posted 3/25/2009 12:31 PM (GMT 0)
When I go on vacation to northern Michigan to my in laws cottage I have to make sure that I am up before everyone else. The cottage is only about 800sq ft. with one bathroom and sometimes we can have up to 15 people there at a time. Everyone gets up around 9am and I make myself get up at 7am regardless. Which isn't too bad when you have two dogs that are like alarm clocks! :) But I will have my morning cup of coffee and then I feel the urge to go and go and go. However when I'm not flaring at least it doesn't hurt! Once when I was flaring and I didn't wake up in time to get into the bathroom - boy I thought I was going to die! I can hold it fairly well but the longer I hold it while in a flare the greater the cramping. Not fun!
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