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Posted 4/23/2009 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
Why are mornings the worst for us? Is it because our colons are waking up with us?

I'm supposed to be in remission, but I don't understand why I still have morning runs within two hours I wake up. Sometimes it's just gas, and sometimes the stools are loose. I'm so annoyed! Is there anything I can do to get back to "normal" or do I just have to live with this?

Posted 4/23/2009 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know what the official answer is, but in my mind it is what you say, that the colon is "waking up". Moving around and having something to eat after a night-long break gets everything going again in the morning.

I am in what I consider to be remission and have usually only 1 bm a day now and it is always within a couple hours of waking up. Usually after my morning cup of coffee!
Posted 4/23/2009 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
ack holy cow... i'm jealous.. . 1bm a day! good for you! I hope it stays that way for ya!
Posted 4/23/2009 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Kara, I hope so too!
Posted 4/23/2009 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
Mornings are the worst for the majority, there are some that have their major issues in the afternoon or evening or late night only but it seems the majority are affected more severely in the am...seems to be the nature of the beast.


:)
Posted 4/23/2009 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
I've been told its because our colons are "waking up". When you're asleep, your whole body is. So just as it takes time for you to wake up, it takes your colon some time too.
I used to be a lot like this when I was a kid. I could never eat breakfast because it made me sooo sick and once I was diagnosed it got even worse. Now I have no problem...
Posted 4/23/2009 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
My colon wakes me up every morning at 4 am and keeps me up until 6 or 7, when I take my dose of pred. I take my pred and go back to sleep around 7.. then wake up again a couple of hours later to go to work.

Mornings are hell.. I agree.
Posted 4/23/2009 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
I'm seriously rolling with laughter, you all make me smile! Mornings are terrible, mostly gas, but definitely terrible!!!! I have to agree with some of the others, its not you waking up your colon; rather it's your colon waking you up!!! Totally blows. I'm doing well right now with my UC as I'm prednisone for other reasons, but my poor husband has this problem and he's on Humira. Wish I knew what else to say...

Alaina :)
Posted 4/23/2009 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
ack, only 1 BM?!? I'm so jealous!

Posted 4/24/2009 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
Mornings are usually the worse for me...after coffee, vanilla wafers etc...actually, if I try to sleep on my left side my colon NEVER goes to "sleep."
PL
Posted 4/24/2009 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
Mornings are bad for me too. I usually have cramps and the runs.

Posted 4/24/2009 5:14 AM (GMT 0)
My GI said morning urgency and or pain etc could also be from IBS not UC
Posted 4/24/2009 12:37 PM (GMT 0)
I'm officially in remission but yet I still have the morning dashes to the bathroom. I still go from 1-3 times a day and very rarely do I have solid bms. I asked my GI about this and he said that some Uc'ers will always have D even while in remission.
Posted 4/24/2009 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
My bathroom trips have been normal for a while. I go within a hour of when I get up. I go in the morning and depending on the amount of fiber or food I consume in a day I might go a second time later in the afternoon, but no diarrhea for me thank goodness.
Posted 4/24/2009 3:29 PM (GMT 0)

bookworm21 said...
ack, only 1 BM?!? I'm so jealous!


Yes, and believe it or not, now that I am not flaring, constipation is more of a problem, so I am very happy to even have that one daily bm.  When I miss it for even a day, I get very anxious! 
Posted 4/24/2009 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like it could be some IBS to me...

Red_34 said...
I'm officially in remission but yet I still have the morning dashes to the bathroom. I still go from 1-3 times a day and very rarely do I have solid bms. I asked my GI about this and he said that some Uc'ers will always have D even while in remission.

Posted 4/24/2009 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
Bbc, yeah that is what I'm thinking too.
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