UH OH....

Hi everyone..

  I'm not sure whats happening, but the last couple of days I've had pain on the lower right side of my abdomen... At first it felt like a sudden stabbing gas pain, so bad I couldn't stand up straight.. Then after the gas or whatever passed through, it would go away. Then it turned into a constand dull ache... it was so slight I hardly noticed it, but yesterday it started getting worse, felt like a burning ache and then I thought.... "GREAT... appendicitis..."  I would hate to have my appendix out only to have another surgery down the road to have my colon removed.. When they remove your colon for U/C, your appendix goes with it.  Anyhow, I was SOOO Freaking out I had a total anxiety attack.. took a Xanax and after a couple of hours felt a bit better emotionally.. but at least the pain, it never really progressed but stayed at a mild to moderate level.. Today I woke up and my entire colon feels sore..  I mean, the right side and across the top (transverse colon).... So.. I upped my Apriso and am hoping for the best... I'm NOT going to go back on PRed..  I haven't had urgency or an increase in Poopies yet but am just sore...  Maybe it's something I ate, or a bug.. but with my pred taper and no more Remicade for about 10 weeks now.. I'm a bit concerned I'm at the verry beginning of a flare.. 

 

You have the stress of your upcoming spinal tap to deal with in addition to the other worries. Try to eat a cautious diet & to distract yourself with music, DVDs, reading-- whatever will give your mind some diversion. Did you read Pam222's posts from last week? She is hopefully recovering now from her Step 2 surgery, which had to be rushed due to ostomy complications-- all this at age 26, with an 8-mo-old baby to care for! So-- take the best care you can of yourself & hang in there! I hope the new year brings you better medical treatment & good health, which you surely deserve. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; in remission taking brandname Colazal)

do you still have your periods Susie? Could have been ovulation or perimenopausal symptoms...hormonal.

Could have been something you ate?

Or right side inflammation around the cecum......or appendicitis.

Keep us posted.

q

Hi everyone :)

I'm feeling a TAD better today.. I was actually feeling almost back to normal until this afternoon.. No pain this morning that I noticed and felt pretty good... I had a good breakfast and did a few things around the house... Then around 2pm, I ate a couple of jello cups and immediatly after that, started feeling yucky and a bit queasy.. It progressed to the point that I didn't feel like going to the store (was supposed to) and just put my butt on the couch for a while. Well, after a few hours of feeling pretty queasy, I had a BM (normal consistancy) and immediatly the nausea went away.. The pain is back, but less than it was before.. I'm not going to worry too much and just keep taking my apriso and the 2.5mg of pred for another 4 days. Then all I will be on for U/C is Apriso.. I'm thinking and HOPING it is a bug.. other people around here have been getting the stomach flu so maybe that's it.. I remembered today that I have had this pain before, I thought for sure I had appendicitis and went to the ER.. they did a barium enema and said my appendix was fine and after a couple of days I was better.. I might have even posted about it here but don't know how to research my older posts...

Quincy.. I don't have most of my female parts.. I had a hysterectomy when I was 31 due to mega fibroids.. those suckers HURT!!! All I have one ovary but it's on the left side... I had my right one removed about 8 years ago due to recurrant cysts. I am thinking like you that it is inflamation around my cecum... upping the Apriso I think might be doing the trick... If I get nausea again or get a fever, I'll be more concerned that it's appendicitis and take my butt back to the ER..

But so far, I'm a bit better than I was 2 nights ago... Plus I'm supposed to go to my girlfriends ranch tomorrow and work some cattle with my horse.. Gosh I hope I'm better by tomorrow am!!!! I have my spinal tap on Tuesday am at 8:30 so I won't be riding after that for a few days... Gotta get in my rides while I can :)

Was that store-bought Jello or Jello made from powdered mix? I ask because you wrote that nausea occurred a while after you ate 2 cups of it. If it's from a mix (rather than gelatin you make yourself with fruit juice) there could be dyes &/or preservatives in it that disagree with your digestive tract! Hope you feel better in time for cattle round-up! It's wild to know that somebody really does that-- when I was a schoolchild, I loved that TV program "Annie Oakley", where she beat all the cowboys at shooting, horseback riding stunts, etc. I even wrote the actress a fan letter, and she mailed me back a photo in her leather riding outfit with dozens of fringes. Then I bragged to my classmates that I was going to run a ranch in Montana when I grew up! So there you are, doing just what I dreamt about while pint-sized! / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

Hey Darth,just wondering,are you still in the navy?my husband is currently going through PEB and is fighting hard to stay in.