|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
colon cancer or ibs ?
Posted: 05-06-08 19:59pm
|
|
|
|
Hey there,
i had a baby last May (csection) and it
went well..
this past january i started having left
side pain....it would come and go and feel
kinda like gases...
now for the last month ish, i've had
bubbly/gasy/VERY crampy stomach and i'm
having frequent BM's.
There is NO blood in stool, but i'm
constantly having cramps and sharp
shooting paints through my belly and pain
under my left rib cage area....
i'm so worried it's colon cancer..
i saw my dr today and he's sending me for
a barium enema....my hospital is backed up
so it's not until May 29. I feel like i'm
living on egg shells not knowing....i'm 30
years old...no family history of
anything....
is IBS the same symptoms as colon cancer??
i'm making myself sick with worry... 
can someone talk to me?? please... 
Rachelle-ontario canada
|
|
|
|
|
 |
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Hi and welcome to ehealthforum!
Posted: 05-09-08 06:33am
|
|
|
|
|
Do you find ups and downs of pain relating
to your menstrual cycle?
Is the abdominal pain more severe at
night?
Do you feel like you still need to have a
bowel movement after you've already had
one?
Do you usually have diarrhea after eating
or first thing in the morning?
Last edited by MandMs on 05-15-08 02:45am; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Re: Hi and welcome to ehealthforum!
Posted: 05-09-08 13:34pm
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | Do you find find ups and
downs of pain relating to your menstrual
cycle?
Is the abdominal pain more severe at
night?
Do you feel like you still need to have a
bowel movement after you've already had
one?
Do you usually have diarrhea after eating
or first thing in the
morning? |
the thing is it's not always
diarrhea....the bm's are soft ones but not
always liquidy.....and yea i do go in the
morning....and i find my stomach pains are
through out the day....sometimes at night
it gets worse but its usually at any given
time.....
and i'm sooo irregular with my menstrual
cycle....its been about 35 ish days since
my last one so i can't really say if it
is....i DO have more BM's during my
period....but i'm making myself sick
reading about all this online...my husband
swears its gotta be IBS and not colon
cancer (i'm 30) but i always read into the
worse....i think i have health anxiety but
i told him that i don't fake this stomach
pains i'm getting...their there and i have
bm's so often....
thank you for getting back to me...i check
everyday to see if people have advice and
your the first one who has responded...
thank you
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 05-14-08 08:11am
|
|
|
|
|
You are welcome!
With IBS, your faeces may vary in
consistency from hard and pellet-like to
loose and watery.
Do you find relief of your abdominal pain
after having a bowel movement?
Have you noticed some mucous in your
stool?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 05-14-08 09:43am
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | You are welcome!
With IBS, your faeces may vary in
consistency from hard and pellet-like to
loose and watery.
Do you find relief of your abdominal pain
after having a bowel movement?
Have you noticed some mucous in your
stool? |
i've never noticed mucus....well actually
maybe ONCE....i think i recall it....only
once tho.....
sometimes i get a relief in my abdomen
after a BM but not every time....
can ibs cause shooting pains in stomach
too???
O ya yesterday i had a BM and i had a
PRICKLY/SHOOTING PAIN going up my spine
when the BM came out (TMI sorry)....i
freaked out and called husband and he said
that he's had that before too...that its
some nerve thing that sometimes
happens....
god i think i have health anxiety
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 05-15-08 03:04am
|
|
|
|
|
Have you been straining to pass the stool,
when you felt the pain?
Did you get the pain after you have
finished the bowel movement?
Was this a severe, episodic, deep rooted
pain, something like the pain from muscle
cramps in legs?
Does the bloating usually subside
overnight and return the following day?
Were your symptoms preceded with some
major, stressful event back in January?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 05-15-08 22:13pm
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | Have you been straining to
pass the stool, when you felt the pain?
Did you get the pain after you have
finished the bowel movement?
Was this a severe, episodic, deep rooted
pain, something like the pain from muscle
cramps in legs?
Does the bloating usually subside
overnight and return the following day?
Were your symptoms preceded with some
major, stressful event back in
January? |
ooo so many questions lol 
I don't strain to pass stool....barely
ever...just odd time...but not often
i sometimes get pain after i'm done
passing a BM
the pain was like a sharp prickly pain...i
guess it's hard to describe...
i don't find myself too bloated....i get
stomach cramps that come and
go....sometimes their there a LOT and i
sometimes get relief with passing
stool....sometimes i don't...
i think way back in january my baby girl
(she just turned one on may 3) started a
serious of sicknesses....
1. flu
2. gastro
3. ear infection
4. roseola
5. thrush
6. flu again
7. and now bit of a cold from teething..
so i read so much into everything that i
got stressed out from jan-may (right now)
and i can't seem to stop stressing about
stuff...
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 05-16-08 06:54am
|
|
|
|
|
IBS is not caused by stress, but can be
triggered and exacerbated by stress.
About half of people with IBS date the
start of their symptoms to some stressful
period.
Severe, short stabbing pains in the
rectum, called proctalgia fugax, is a
additional symptom of IBS in one third of
IBS sufferers.
Well wishes for your daughter and all of
your family!
Marija
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 05-16-08 09:24am
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | IBS is not caused by stress,
but can be triggered and exacerbated by
stress.
About half of people with IBS date the
start of their symptoms to some stressful
period.
Severe, short stabbing pains in the
rectum, called proctalgia fugax, is a
additional symptom of IBS in one third of
IBS sufferers.
Well wishes for your daughter and all of
your family!
Marija |
thank you for your help...your a very kind
woman....
thanks again....
it's hard to find genuin people on the
internet these days!
|
|
|
|
|
Users who thank RachelleCanada for this post:
MandMs
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 05-19-08 04:16am
|
|
|
|
|
You are welcome anytime and thank you for
writing to me!
Have you noticed that after consuming
certain foods or after you've eaten a big
meal, your symptoms are getting worse?
Do you get headaches and low back or groin
pain along with the other abdominal
symptoms?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 05-20-08 06:59am
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | You are welcome anytime and
thank you for writing to me!
Have you noticed that after consuming
certain foods or after you've eaten a big
meal, your symptoms are getting worse?
Do you get headaches and low back or groin
pain along with the other abdominal
symptoms? |
i don't get headaches or groin pain
no.....
u know when my pain is
sooooooooooooooooooo bad.....and this used
to never EVER happen......when i eat
popcorn...NO clue why...the other night i
was a friends and they made popcorn
(homemade) it was soooo good and i ate
sooooooo much of it....a few hours later i
had like an "attack" of pain on my left
side...it was sooo painful....
seems that popcorn doesn't help
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 05-26-08 04:24am
|
|
|
|
|
No particular foods cause everyone with
IBS to have symptoms.
Through trial and error, many people find
that they feel better when they stop
eating certain foods. These foods may
cause the intestines to contract, which
can aggravate IBS in people who have
diarrhea as their main symptom.
Popcorn is known as food rich in fiber.
Although, food rich in fiber is
recommended in people with IBS, for some
people who have IBS, eating more fiber may
actually make some symptoms worse.
Eating smaller meals more often, or eating
smaller portions, and drinking six to
eight glasses of plain water a day, may
help your "suspected IBS" symptoms.
Have a good, healthy day!
Marija
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 05-27-08 17:55pm
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | No particular foods cause
everyone with IBS to have symptoms.
Through trial and error, many people find
that they feel better when they stop
eating certain foods. These foods may
cause the intestines to contract, which
can aggravate IBS in people who have
diarrhea as their main symptom.
Popcorn is known as food rich in fiber.
Although, food rich in fiber is
recommended in people with IBS, for some
people who have IBS, eating more fiber may
actually make some symptoms worse.
Eating smaller meals more often, or eating
smaller portions, and drinking six to
eight glasses of plain water a day, may
help your "suspected IBS" symptoms.
Have a good, healthy day!
Marija |
thank you...
i actually have my barium enema on
thursday may 29th @ 8am....so i'm NOT too
anxious for that...i've had one before
like 10 years ago (i'm 30 years old right
now) when i was 20 ish....it was not
pleasent....i've been feeling not too bad
for about a week now and today my diareah
started back again...and then to top it
off i have to drink that gross stuff that
will make me have BM's allllll
day...ugh....
i'm anxious to get this test over
with....but nervous too...
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 05-28-08 04:59am
|
|
|
|
|
Why you were examined with barium enema 10
years ago?
I understand you anxiousness about getting
some answers from this examination.
I'll be thinking of you today and
tomorrow!
Waiting for the new informations!
Marija!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 05-28-08 12:15pm
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | Why you were examined with
barium enema 10 years ago?
I understand you anxiousness about getting
some answers from this examination.
I'll be thinking of you today and
tomorrow!
Waiting for the new informations!
Marija! |
it had been 4 years that i was bleeding in
my "bum" when i would have a bm. It ended
up that i had a chronic fisher...and had
to have surgery....surgery for that was
the best thing i ever did...i would bleed
so bad that there was a lot of blood loss
during a BM...
in about 2 hours i have to drink that
yucki stuff...i'm SO not anxious
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 06-03-08 09:14am
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | Why you were examined with
barium enema 10 years ago?
I understand you anxiousness about getting
some answers from this examination.
I'll be thinking of you today and
tomorrow!
Waiting for the new informations!
Marija! |
well i had my barium enema and i got the
results!
he said it was "negative" but that it
showed Diverticula...
but that it's pretty much harmless??
i need to do some reading about this
more...
have you ever heard of this?
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Hi!
Posted: 06-04-08 06:20am
|
|
|
|
|
Diverticulum is a small pouch that
protrudes from (sticks out from) the wall
of the gut.
They are very common and are related to
not eating enough food rich in fiber.
Diverticula can be asymptomatic or can
cause symptoms which are very similar to
those of IBS (crampy abdominal pain,
constipation or diarrhea, mucus in stool,
bloating, passing blood with stool).
In small percent of people, diverticulum
can get inflamed and infected that
sometimes gets worse and causes
complications.
Where are exactly diverticula located?
Last edited by MandMs on 06-09-08 04:15am; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RachelleCanada
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked:0
|
Re: Hi!
Posted: 06-06-08 07:22am
|
|
|
|
|
| MandMs
wrote: | Diverticulum is a small
pouch that protrudes from (sticks out
from) the wall of the gut.
They are very common and are related to
not eating enough food rich in fiber.
Diverticula can be asymptomatic or can
cause symptoms which are very similar to
those of IBS (campy abdominal pain,
constipation or diarrhea, mucus in stool,
bloating, passing blood with stool).
In small percent of people, diverticulum
can get inflamed and infected that
sometimes gets worse and causes
complications.
Where are exactly diverticula
located? |
hey there...
thank you for the info..
i have NO idea where it's located...
would my dr know that???
i have another question...if it says to
eat more fiber, then i will go to the
bathroom MORE often then i already do
which is OFTEN...
so do i still eat more fiber anyways??
|
|
|
|
|
|
MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Posts: 1857
Location: Strumica, Macedonia
Thanks: 20
Thanked:10
|
Posted: 06-09-08 04:24am
|
|
|
|
|
You are welcome!
Fiber is used to treat both constipation
and diarrhea and helps maintain healthy
bacteria levels in the gut.
Insoluble fiber, promotes regularity and
helps prevent constipation.
Soluble fiber dissolves in water and may
bulk up and soften stool to help with
diarrhea and promote normal bowel
movements.
High-fiber diets may cause gas and
bloating, so, it's important to increase
its intake gradually (by 2 to 3 grams per
day).
Drinking six to eight glasses of plain
water a day is important, especially when
you have diarrhea.
Large meals can cause cramping and
diarrhea, so eating smaller meals more
often, or eating smaller portions, may
help.
Have a good, healthy day!
Marija
|
|
|
|
|
