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Posted 10/6/2016 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
For the past two days I have been experiencing another development... stomach pain. I woke up yesterday morning with sharp pain on my left side under my ribs. Felt kind of like muscle pain. It hurts every time I breath in deeply, or cough, or move in a certain way. I also started to have a lot more of upper gas. At first I associated this with cookies I ate the night before, but now that its going on a second day, Im staring to get suspicious. This morning I also had a not so good BM which was more loose and had a little bit of blood:( I also have been sick with cold and having lots of stress at work.

I never had this type of stomach pain before, it appeared so suddenly, overnight. Could it be a sign of Crohn's? When initially diagnosed I had an upper endoscopy and everything was clear. Also I had numerous scopes and biopsies done before and all way consistent with UC...

Im just so tired of being sick, frustrating!
Posted 10/6/2016 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
We can get pains form trapped gas or stool, from ulcerative colitis inflammation during a bad flare (sharp and stabbing). We can also get abdominal pain from non-uc causes, which need medical attention: pancreatitis (we're at higher risk and some of our meds can cause this), gallstones or kidney stones, and various uterine pains from cysts and other like things. The mid and lower abdomen is jam-packed with lots of potential pain causers. If you have any doubt on what's causing the pain then I'd ask a doctor or nurse to take a look. Your family doctor or an urgent care facility could tell you, as well. Pancreatitis seems the most common of those non-uc ones that I listed (as far as reports on this forum goes).
Posted 10/15/2016 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all, I got some new developments. I've been taking steroid supps for little more than a month now. Doc told me to start tapering last Monday. His taper is such: one week every other day, next week, every two days, then stop. I'm also doing a nightly canasa which I have to continue doing. As I started tapering the steroids supps. I noticed some strange new symptoms. I have tension and tightness in the rectal area. Also, the morning after the day when I dont do the supp, i have more urgency, and softer bm. What does all this mean?
Posted 10/15/2016 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
Katerina, I am sorry you're having symptoms. Maybe you could try tapering even slower, like 2 days on, one off, it sounds like you're not able to maintain with your current drugs minus the steriod rectals. If you're just on Canasa and Lialda, I also think meslamine enemas might be a better bet instead of Canasa. Maybe can get to a point where you can use the mesalamine enemas a few nights a week instead of Canasa and stay stable... Either that or double up on rectals. I used to do canasa in the AM and enema in the PM. Ask your GI if this is an option for you - try the enemas first, doubling up may be overkill at this point.
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