Re: All about my Poop!! To Steph Luv Loretta!
From: Steph (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Mar 31 07:56:24 2006
Loretta -
Glad to pass along some humor! :) Thanks so much for sharing your poo
details to me, it really helps. :) I can't wait to go to the doc on the
21st and I really hope that they can be of some help.
Thank you SOOO MUCH for sharing your story. I'm so happy that you guys
are here!!!!!!
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Steph
At Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Loretta wrote:
>
>I broke out in hysterical laughter, I thought I woke my daughter!
>I am still giggling!
>Well, this is the story of my poop.
>I hope this helps! lol
>I have stage 4 endo and frozen pelvis from all the adhesion's.
>I have ALOT of both on my bowel and intestine area.
>My symptoms are severe stabbing pain, down my side, middle and across my
>Ab. On top of it, it is always throbbing. The worst however is a few
>hours after I eat and it is half way down my digestive tract and into
>the bowel area.
>When my food "stuff" gets to this point it causes severe strain and
>feels like it is going to burst or rip open.
>I went their periods of diarrhea and constipation but not all the time.
>The main symptom is the PAIN, but it always comes as a result of/after
>eating and before I eliminate it. ALOT of the severe ripping passes
>after I go and it all is out. While it is working it's way down I get
>extremely nauseous, while going I can throw up, I think it is from the
>combination of feeling like I am being ripped apart (DEEP behind my
>belly button area and on thru), the Dr's have said bowel stuff triggers
>vomiting/nausea as well. After it pass's the EXTREAM ripping pain
>passes quickly and is replaced by strong cramping and a thudding pain
>with sharp twinges. When my bowel is empty it feels like my usual endo
>pain, which can be sharp, and dull and throbbing. All of this increases
>when I have my period but my bowel thing is all the time, each and every
>time, never without. Like I said just a little worse with my period.
>I don't really know what pain exactly is the endo and what exactly is
>from the adhesion's. Since I have partial constructions areas in a few
>places, it would seem to me that is the ripping pain when stuff is
>passing thru, however I also think the endo along the outside likely
>feels that way as well from stuff rubbing and pulling on it, but mostly
>I think the stabbing throbbing sharp is the endo. I don't know I hope
>this makes sense to you! I really have never tried to actually describe
>it ALL to anyone but my surgeons! I hope this helps though if some women
>think they have it along their bowel or intestine, remember though that
>I am full of adhesion's so I don't know what it would feel like without
>that. Hope it helps you and some others. I never thought I would be
>describing my POOP on the internet!!! LOL! ;+} Loretta
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