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Posted 3/18/2013 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
I'm pretty sure I'm going through a flare but besides the D and blood there is no urgency and no pain. Which I am totally grateful for since those are the worst for me!

Oh and I have something non UC related in my left thigh area that I cannot figure out what it is. It definitely isn't a blood clot but it feels like a charlie horse and when I walk or move my leg, it sometimes is unbearable. Believe this is a sciatic nerve pain. Stretching is helping it go away quicker. Crossing my fingers that it doesn't take a month or two to heal!

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Post Edited (Kataryzna) : 3/20/2013 6:17:56 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/18/2013 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
front of your leg (quadriceps) or back of your leg (hamstring)?
Posted 3/18/2013 9:37 PM (GMT 0)
It definitely feels like it's the hamstrings. It's hard to describe what I am feeling .. I guess it would be like a sharp pain that disperses when I rest my leg? I'm thinking I tore/pulled something when I was walking a 3 mi course.
Posted 3/18/2013 9:47 PM (GMT 0)
It could be, but I'll bet it's sciatica. The sciatic nerve runs through the gluteus muscle and down each leg. Irritation of the glutes or a small muscle inside the glutes called the piriformis can make your sciatic nerve shoot pain down your leg. Look up "piriformis syndrome" to see what kind of stretches can help. You can also do alternating ice and heat on your lower back and glutes to help resolve this. Nothing like a long walk to make your muscles hurt!
Posted 3/21/2013 12:00 AM (GMT 0)
From the looks of it, it definitely is the sciatic nerve. It hurts like no tomorrow and the pain is as described. From my buttocks to above my knee and it makes it hard to walk. I read up on the ice/heat packs and that with some people they help but others it does not. So I'm hoping that I'm the small percent that it does work for! Stretching has definitely helped the pain but being sore does not compare to this! Definitely learned my ignorant lessen of not stretching prior to a workout! jeesh!
Posted 3/21/2013 12:07 AM (GMT 0)
walking is stretching :=)
Posted 3/21/2013 12:15 AM (GMT 0)
I can't even do that properly! :( I felt so proud of myself since I've been in terrible shape and I made a 3 mi hike/walk in 30 minutes. Now, I have this— guess I pushed myself a little to hard? lol.

But yeah, when I walk, I almost sort of limp because the pain shoots through my leg. At least it's not disc (spine) or tumor related?
Posted 3/21/2013 12:29 AM (GMT 0)
well, if it is your sciatic nerve, i would peruse through youtube videos on how to treat it - there are lots of good ones -

ice for swelling, heat for pain and increased circulation -

and don't do that 3 mile thing again until the 1 and 2 milers are pain free -

but give it a rest for a few days and then just some easy walks -

and as for the flare, not sure what to advise - not sure what your current routine is -

so are you doing any rectal meds ?

Post Edited (soystud) : 3/20/2013 6:43:10 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/21/2013 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
Oh yes, I have seen those and I am in the process of treating it. See, the strange thing is, I think it was the uphill that killed me. 1-2 miles were painless and no strain whatsoever. It just so happened that when I was reaching the end of the 3rd, that happened. I wish I could have finished it in less but it's like a hike and once you start, you have to finish, especially where the parking is. :/

Not prescribed ones but I started my retention enemas again with a Chinese herbal powder. It helps heal the ulcers, stops the bleeding after 1-2 nights, and inflammation for me. All the other meds I take are in my sig.

It's so strange that it practically came out of no where but it wasn't severe, luckily for me. From the looks of it, there must have been constipation in the upper part of my colon that irritated my internal hemmies.
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