Pain right before pooping

[jessica329]

Hi everyone,

My innards seem to be going haywire and I get crazy pain right before, during and for some time after pooping. I suspect spastic colon. My next GI appt isn't until the end of the month. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[carolm]

Hi Jessica,
I suspect you are right. I know while healing I could feel gut spasms before, during, and after pooping. I didn’t have pain as much as I would have nausea and even light-headedness along with those spasms, when pooping.
I’m happy to say that now in remission for a couple of years, those sensations have gone and I’m ‘normal’ again. But those were the last symptoms to leave during remission.

I don’t have any suggestions as to how to relieve the pain. I just put up with it and in hindsight I really think that motility dysfunction is there until healing is completed.

Hopefully someone else may have more insight. I don’t know if magnesium supplements would relieve some of the cramping. I didn’t take magnesium at that time, but I think it could be helpful. Maybe topical magnesium might be worth a try.

Best wishes,
Carol

[Gabes-Apg]

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[carolm]

Thanks Gabes- I did not know about massaging this valve. I appreciate the link.