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Posted 10/4/2011 7:21 PM (GMT 0)
Boy does it hurt to pass stools!   Feel like the lower half of my colon is on fire! I tried Mesalimine enemas last night. Are 5 ASA acidic?  I woke up with a sour feeling and had to drink ginger tea to feel better.

So what do you do for an abraised colon? What calms it down?  I'm going to try a longer "elemental" type diet using ensure/orgain/ absorb plus.

Are there any other elemental diets out there?

 

Posted 10/4/2011 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
Is this the first time you've used the 5ASA enemas?

The feeling is your stomach is related to flaring and to reflux possibly.

It hurts to pass stools because you're flaring. I call them "white-knucklers", and I whimper, squeal or cry during bms. Nothing like pooing a stool as big as a pea and it feels like a watermelon.

Use the enemas nightly for at least a week and you should have some improvement....but continue them until after your flare before considering to taper.

q
Posted 10/4/2011 8:46 PM (GMT 0)
Not the first time on these enemas. Sour feeling isn't in the stomach...feels more in my colon.

Stool are good..long snake-like. Not passing any peas....lol. Stools rub up against the colon and it hurts...all the way down to my toes. Don't have tenecous, so no inflamation down there just need time to heal the cell lining. Its very tender and the stools irritate it.
Posted 10/5/2011 4:27 AM (GMT 0)
Quincy and P&H, I've screamed into a pillow on the toilet. That's how painful...
Posted 10/5/2011 4:53 AM (GMT 0)
yep....I've had a few of those flares as well...horrific.

p&H..how do you know you have no inflammation?? If it needs to heal, it's inflamed.

You might have anal hemmies or fissures that would cause pain if you're not thinking you're flaring.

Make sure you use the enemas nightly for a while..

You could ask the doc for an antispasmodic med such as dicyclomine...that will help.

q
Posted 10/5/2011 11:53 AM (GMT 0)
Snake like stool can still be a sign of inflammation especially since you also mentioned it hurts when you go. I just HATE that feeling! That sour feeling you get is what I refer to as that ooey-gooey feeling lol I found that anti-spasmodics such as Bentyl helps ease that.
Posted 10/6/2011 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
I don't have problems with pushing the stools out.  The pain feels diffferent - burning, crampy. I actually try to gingerly ease the stool out due to the pain.

It's the pain/burning when the stools get up against the colon wall toward the end of the rectum. I'm sure my stool are a bit acidic and possbily have hemmis/fissures that maybe causing or adding to the bleeding.

I don't believe blood always indicates inflammation. Other things cause bleeding too.

After I go I'm very crampy and sore...like during my menstrual cycle but from the wrong area!  Look like I need to get one of those donut pillows!

Posted 10/6/2011 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
Well, what you describe is a flare to me. And bleeding, if not a flare should be checked out seriously.

If you have rectal meds..use them faithfully for a while and see if that improves. Even if it's hemmies or fissures, the meds will help as well.

q
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