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I have Collagenous Colitis, but fingers crossed been in remission for a couple of years. I think I may also have a bit of IBS and either go one way or the other (TMI-sorry) I am having stabbing pains in my right waist area, on the side and just under my rib. These normally happen just after eating and today shortly after that pain, I have some sort of milder pain on left side. I am wondering if this is colon pain possibly. I do suffer from kidney troubles occasionally, but definitely not low enough. Please can anyone help? Am I about to have an episode of D do you think? Thank you xxx
Welcome to the discussion board. Please don't worry about TMI. On this board we have to deal with many types of digestive problems, so it's impossible to have TMI, when trying to assess the problem. It's difficult to determine the exact cause of your pain without any test results, but yes, it's possible that your pain could be due to CC. Usually, pain associated with CC would be lower, however, in the lower right quadrant, but sometimes it can be centered in other locations.
Pain just under the ribcage, just to the right of center, especially if the pain can be felt in back also, is typically associated with gallbladder issues. Gallbladder pain normally begins soon after eating (especially if the meal contains a significant amount of fat), and it typically lasts for several hours, until the food has been mostly digested and is well past the common bile duct at the upper part of the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine).
If CC is active though, it's not uncommon to have such pains as a result of trapped gas at various locations in the digestive system, because we have trouble getting rid of gas during a flare.
The key to isolating a gallbladder problem is determining whether or not the pain is associated with the digestion of fat. If gallbladder disease is the problem (or part of the problem), then the pain should begin soon after eating, and it should be worse when higher amounts of fat are included in the meal.
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
