My story - I was diagnosed in 2004 with MC - I'm not sure exactly which type - following endoscopy and colonic biopsies. This was after previously being diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome - which often here means there is nothing wrong with you - go away!. At the time of my diagnosis I was 42, which seems young according to the literature I've found. I have had chronic loose movements anything between 3 and 9 times a day (on good days) and up to 40-50 times when not so good. I am treated with lanzoprazole and Asacol (1600mg twice a day) and have had one 4 month course of budesonide last year which helped for a while. However, about three weeks ago I went sluggish and ended up not going at all for 24 hours followed by a rock! I have suffered with pain up my right side referring to my back renal area. Anyway at the weekend I got acute pain and vomiting and was taken to A&E where they thought initially it was a kidney stone but having ruled that out they x-rayed and I have faecal impaction up the entire ascending colon - this is despite continuing to go every day two or three times although smaller amounts than usual. I was sent home with movicol and anti-spasmodics but had another acute attack the following night resulting in A&E again. I was googling constipation and MC when I came across this site. I am a member of NACC here in the UK but the vast majority of their information is Chrons or UC - and again that made me feel fraudulent. I hope I will find help here because aside from embarrassment and feeling somehow less than others with "proper" colitis, I am tired and in pain and generally feeling sorry for myself. At least the weather has turned good while I am off work this week trying to clear things - when normally I try and cope with the opposite problem!
