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Posted 11/18/2013 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
I wonder how many of you now visit restroom after big meal, may it be lunch or dinner or even heavy snack?

And/or

How many of you used to go before UC diagnosis?

Personally, I do not visit all the time but I go quite many times. I remember, since I was almost 15, I used to go right after big meal and my dad used to get really upset. He used to think that its a bad habit and I do not empty out when I go otherwise.

Thanks in advance.
Posted 11/18/2013 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
I used to literally go after every meal before I was dx'd, and then several times an hour when I was dx'd.

I now usually go only once a day, sometimes twice. Sometimes after dinner, but usually just before bed.
Posted 11/18/2013 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Before I had UC symptoms, I used to have 2 -3 bms in the morning and again if I ate a big supper. In hindsight, I may have had UC for a long time before I started bleeding and having urgency.

I don't really have a pattern now, I just go frequently. Morning is still the busiest time. There seem to be certain foods that trigger an immediate 'call to action' such as chocolate. Trouble for me is that these foods aren't always consistently problematic.
Posted 11/18/2013 1:00 PM (GMT 0)
Pre-UC I mostly went once a day in the morning. Sometimes twice but always in the morning.
Right now I am back to mostly twice a day in the morning (4-5 days a week) and once the other days (2-3).
When I was flaring badly I would go in the morning (3-5 times) and then have a couple of bloody mucus episodes later in the day. Sometimes I would have an actual BM after dinner as well.
My husband has always thought going only once a day was strange, he usually goes twice in the morning and once after dinner. He does not have IBD.
Posted 11/18/2013 2:05 PM (GMT 0)
Pre-uc, I had 3-4 bms a week. During my worst uc flareup I was going 12-20 times a day. Now, I go 1-2 times a day, all within 1.5 hours of waking up in the morning; thank you remi!

No, big meals and snacks don't make me have to go. Although, I know some people without bowel disorders that this happens to (so don't blame uc for it).
Posted 11/18/2013 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
When I was flaring I would often have to go right after or during eating or drinking anything including a glass of water. Usually though I would pass only bloody mucus and little to no stool.

Now with only mild inflammation I have to go immediately after my morning glass of water and a little later after eating breakfast. Often I cannot make it through the meal without going. But it only happens in the morning now.

There is a name for that particular reaction when eating triggers a bm, but I can't remember it.

I had non bloody diarrhea and lots of gas pains for about 20 years before Dx that I was told was caused from having a "spastic colon".
Posted 11/18/2013 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
My schedule now is to go either before breakfast or just after. Remember, however, the times of day will vary since I'm not on a regular sleeping schedule.
I consider them my "morning" bms...

I sometimes, but rarely have a bm in the evening....depending on how much and what I ate the day before.

when flaring, different story...they will obviously happen once I get up, and a few may happen after eating as well.
They might continue through the day whenever, and could be triggered by eating.

I don't remember much about the schedule of bms before diagnosis...I had diarrhea, loose stool for years. Once I started bleeding, however...I went a lot, and there was a period of time of up to 15 times a day or so. Of course, that was mostly blood or mucus, but it was still urgency and something came out.

q
Posted 11/18/2013 11:45 PM (GMT 0)
Pre UC I would go once for the most part usually in the afternoon, sometimes twice, very rarely three times a day.

I'm still on my road to recovery from my initial flare and it is still slowly decreasing. I am currently at 4 times a day. One time in the morning, one time at work around 1100, one when I get home from work and then usually right before bed.

Never been the person to go right after a meal or anything, my eating schedule moves around, but my BMs seem to be pretty consistant.
Posted 11/23/2013 5:51 AM (GMT 0)
I have heard that it is healthiest to go several times a day and usually following a meal. Good guts if that's going on.

For me normal was usually one movement a day, most recently it was always an afterwork thing and on the weekend maybe in the morning.

currently I am flaring so it is totally sporadic sometimes I will have to go minutes into a meal, sometimes an hour later. I tend not to eat the bulk of my food in till I get home from work so I end up getting up constantly in the night.
Posted 11/23/2013 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
healthiest? who makes that determination? It does mean, however, that one's gut's moving quicker and eating foods that create that function (a "normal" gut).

q
Posted 11/23/2013 5:46 PM (GMT 0)
My better days I'll go when I first wake up, right after lunch, and right after dinner.

My not-so-good days I'll go all those times, multiple times in between, and even wake up 4-8 times each night to go.
Posted 11/23/2013 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
Before IBD I went usually once a day in the morning. Occasionally would go two days. but not often.

When I got sick, I was going anywhere from 10 to 25 times a day, sometimes every hour. I rarely was able to finish a meal without excusing myself from the table.

Now I go a couple of times in the morning and again in the evening. If I disrespect my IBS, I may have to go in the afternoon, too. Much better than hourly!
Posted 11/23/2013 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
My worst time is from 4pm to 8 am. To many times to count. I can't get them under control right now. Almost every hour while trying to sleep. Not in a good place right now. Dr can't seem to help me. Got the butt dry heaves which I think makes me go more than normal.

Frustrated.
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