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Posted 3/30/2014 11:32 AM (GMT 0)
Just need to know if I'm the only one who gets this sensation. It's not exactly pain, but sometimes I can feel the waste move through my descending colon on its way to being released as a BM. Most often occurs after I wake in the morning. It might be more noticeable if I've had alcohol the night before, but I am still putting that piece of the puzzle together. Might also be related to having used an enema the night before. Is this on par with the pain that others experience with UC (I've never had a problem with pain)?

It's the only UC symptom I have now.
Posted 3/30/2014 12:22 PM (GMT 0)
If I understand your post correctly I believe I occasionally have the same feeling that you experience. For me it is nowhere near pain, just the sensation of things moving through just before it comes out. I have never had pain associated with my UC, unless you want to count soreness from multiple poops or diarrhea. I don't do ememas. I do do suppositories but I remember feeling this sensation before even doing the supps. I never related it to anything in particular such as mornings or alcohol (actually I don't drink anymore). Sometimes I have wondered if this is what people call cramping, which I've never really had either.
Posted 3/30/2014 12:30 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's different than either the pain or cramping suffered by some. I do get a heavy feeling, and it will awaken me if I'm sleeping - it's sort of my early warning system. I also had pain and cramping when flaring.
Posted 3/30/2014 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes I wonder if we've just forgotten what it is like to be normal. Maybe this is a sensation or feeling that non UC'rs get just before they go to the bathroom.
Posted 3/30/2014 12:57 PM (GMT 0)

garylouisville said...
Sometimes I wonder if we've just forgotten what it is like to be normal. Maybe this is a sensation or feeling that non UC'rs get just before they go to the bathroom.

LOL - already considered that before posting. I asked my wife if she experienced the sensation, and she looked at me bewilderingly. Not a scientific sampling, but anecdotal isn't always wrong.
Posted 3/30/2014 1:16 PM (GMT 0)
this feeling is the first thing that tipped me off to thinking *something* was not right in my colon. Aside from the obvious iflammation & ulcerations, that is! Wound up being diagnosed with a massive stricture, which is really why I'm heading into surgery in 2 weeks...!!!! cry   I believe the feeling is due to the stool passing thru the narrowed part of my colon. Not to say this is what you may have, but it's worth mentioning to your GI, especially if you're due for a c-scope anytime soon. My GI could barely fit the endoscope thru the stricture!
Posted 3/30/2014 1:21 PM (GMT 0)

Eva Lou said...
this feeling is the first thing that tipped me off to thinking *something* was not right in my colon. Aside from the obvious iflammation & ulcerations, that is! Wound up being diagnosed with a massive stricture, which is really why I'm heading into surgery in 2 weeks...!!!! [img]/community/emoticons/cry.gif[/img] I believe the feeling is due to the stool passing thru the narrowed part of my colon. Not to say this is what you may have, but it's worth mentioning to your GI, especially if you're due for a c-scope anytime soon. My GI could barely fit the endoscope thru the stricture!

Did your stricture cause the sensation all the time, or just occasionally like I experience?
Posted 3/30/2014 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
more often than not- not all the time, but if ate more than usual, or a more "hefty" meal (like a slice of pizza as opposed to soup), I felt it! Not painful, just weird. And not every time I had a BM either- mainly in the AM's, or a few hours after I ate dinner. As the waste moved thru, it would cause sensations. Like I said, I wouldn't assume that could be it, but it's worth mentioning! Seeing as you've had UC for so long, scar tissue formation could be a possibility.
Posted 3/30/2014 1:55 PM (GMT 0)

Eva Lou said...
more often than not- not all the time, but if ate more than usual, or a more "hefty" meal (like a slice of pizza as opposed to soup), I felt it! Not painful, just weird. And not every time I had a BM either- mainly in the AM's, or a few hours after I ate dinner. As the waste moved thru, it would cause sensations. Like I said, I wouldn't assume that could be it, but it's worth mentioning! Seeing as you've had UC for so long, scar tissue formation could be a possibility.

Ok - thanks for the info. I'll monitor more closely and record what I experience.
Posted 3/30/2014 2:08 PM (GMT 0)

enfyre said...
I had that feeling since my very first symptoms over 2 years ago. Basically, I could "FEEL" the stool slowly making its way down the lower decending colon, through my sigmoid, around the bend, and through to the finish line, I could also predict the form of it and how long Id have to get to a washroom. My best geuss is that the inflammation sensitizes the "Pressure sensors" that line our colon.
I wouldnt call it pain either, just a pressure like sensation.

Wahoo - I'm not alone in this, and you described it exactly! Do you not experience it any longer (you use the past tense in your description)?
Posted 3/30/2014 3:54 PM (GMT 0)
you aren't weird....

I can tell you EXACTLY where I'm flared I have had it for so long. Before a scope, I tell my dr where it is in my colon and more often than not I am right. He just says that people with the disease are more aware and pay attention to it better is all.

I can tell you exactly when things move from my descending colon into my sigmoid, rectum etc. It's just that where there's inflammation , you can tell where it's moving to it all....it hits that area and BLAM!....time to get irritated.

If you have had the disease long enough you just get in tune with your body and are aware of where the issue is. I can feel all of it, especially when my colon is moving and when something moves into an area.
Posted 3/30/2014 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
I remember during my endless flare, it felt like a ball of barbed wire moving through my colon. Now I really don't notice it much until it hits the descending colon and sigmoid. Then, as I said, it's like a big smooth rock is moving through - not hurting, just putting pressure on me.
Posted 3/30/2014 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
Gosh Eva Lou, your UC sure has put you through a lot...it almost sounds like you have CD...I didn't know strictures were related to UC so much but know it's related to CD.
Posted 3/30/2014 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
OT, but you know what, pb??? My surgeon just said to me recently "Are you sure you don't have Crohns???" when we were discussing the RV fistula & the stricture. My GI still thinks it's UC, due to the pattern of inflammation & biopsies. But, we all know the only definitive diagnosis is when that baby is out & the path. report is done! You can bet I'm really anxious to read that pathology report... And all this is yet ANOTHER reason why no surgeon would attempt a j-pouch on me. I suppose I should be glad I've only consulted with ethical surgeons!
Posted 3/30/2014 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
I'd say, cuz the jpouch apparently isn't all that successful for CDers....so your inflammation isn't patchy (like it is with CD)? You might even be one of the 2% that has both UC and CD....if you ever have issues with your small intestine (inflammation) I would definitely say CD is lurking for sure (on top of the other issues you've/you're dealing/dealt with.
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