Anyone else had this? sorry tmi

[SouthernFreeez]

Ongoing bowel issues awaiting colonoscopy. For the past few days ive been rough. Last night had trapped wind so bad felt like chest pains and farted lots. Today i had a constant pain in my left side only partially relieved by having a poo. My left side feels so tender. Anyone else had this?

and I've got mucus coming out too

Hope the colonoscopy shows what you need. Sounds awful.

Yes, I’ve had that minus the mucous. Mucous signals inflammation of the gut lining, so crohns or diverticulitis?

Sorry sent to early. Hope you get a date for your endoscopy soon, and a few answers.

Sounds exactly like my problems and I have diverticulitis. Sorry.

Its March so a while to wait. seriously considering going private. No inflammation in stool sample and bloods ok. Had pelvic scan and renal ultrasound all ok

How often does it flare up molly?

Very often! I just learn to cope with it. My GP printed off info from the internet for me but I don’t think there is much they can do for it. Lost count of how many times I’ve not made it in time! Hope you are ok and it’s something else that’s wrong with you.

I've booked a private ct scan

Let me know how it goes and the result. Best wishes

Thanks Molly. How do you relieve symptoms? some sites are saying lots of fibre and others are saying avoid fibre during a flare

I have a lot of mucus and left side pain. Dr says IBS. It’s hard to accept that diagnosis but after 16 years of it now I assume it’s nothing sinister! Hope yours will be okay too ☺️

Yes but right side and no mucous. Be interesting to see what your tests show up as my gp is insistent I just have IBS

Thought I’d clarify that my mucus is my body trying to go to the toilet and trying to make, er, evacuation of hard stool easier

I’ve done enough internet for the day! 🙈 hope you feel better soon anyway x

OP, i have ulcerative colitis, your symptoms sound very similar to mine, however it has to be said that everyone is different and what flares me might be fine for you - its a process of elimination, fibre in food can be awful for me, one flare I had went on for 3 months during which I lived on M&S french fancies, sometimes I really crave salty food, often crave fishpie (I know its bizarre)

I do hope you get the help you need, dont be fobbed off, my consultant is fantastic and of the strong opinion that living with any form of IBD needs proper management.

Left pain for me and I have IBS. Tmi but if I have terrible trapped wind I undress from waist down and get down on the floor, stick arse up in air and head and chest close to ground. It's fantastic for bringing the wind out!

I've had a million investigations for my bowel just slow transit time which laxatives don't even work for. Bloody annoying. I have to live with it.

God i feel rough today

I’m seeing a medical Dowser for my mine
He DowseD I was intolerant to gluten and dairy So had to give them up 101 per cent
My dh is as well
We check everything meticulously
He’s been signed off, but I was quite a lot worse so I’m still a patient
Been gf and df for 6 months now and am so much better
The inflammation was adding to my constipation problems but I’m now having proper BMs
I also was put on various herbs, Bach flowers to help with my depression and remedies to get rid of the pathogens in the system that were breeding in the areas where the worst inflammation was.

So much better but still need to do a bit more work.

If you massage abdomen clockwise with flat palm of left hand in increasing circles
When you reach the INside of the left pelvis, you flick
That’s the Houston valve and it helps poo or wind to release

If you’re going excessively massage in the anti-clockwise direction..outside towards belly utton

Sounds like diverticulitis. I had mine diagnosed a few years ago with a ct scan when admitted to hospital with abdominal pain. I'm having a bit of a flare up at the moment and just started on the antibiotics. I am only allowed clear liquids until symptoms abate. Lots of jelly, home made chicken soup without any bits (I make a batch when I don't feel crappy, and then freeze in portions just in case), ice lollies, squash and juice. I also have to take lactulose stool softener and prednisolone for a few days.

Once symptoms start to abate a bit I move onto the low fodmap diet for a week to heal up and rest my bowels, and then gradually reintroduce fibre to my diet. I eat a fairly high fibre diet (35g plus per day), and it mostly keeps things under control. Spicy food seems to aggravate me, which is annoying as I love spicy food! Also pizza seems to be a no-no for me, unless it's just a slice or two with a big salad for the fibre.

I can feel a tender lump in my lower left abdomen I wonder if its my ovary or my bowel

Endometriosis.

Its like i can feel my ovary im wondering if thats the issues as i have pcos

A CT scan won’t show if you have crohns etc , it will show if you have any narrowing but endoscopy and biopsy will also be needed for a diagnosis