Over the weekend I developed a new and very exciting symptom which I feel I should record for posterity. The new symptom has confirmed my belief that IBS is a vibrant, energetic, ever-changing masterpiece of a disorder – not for me one of those stick-in-the-mud illnesses that gives you the same pain all the time, oh no. I have an illness that *evolves*.
And my new symptom? Bottom pain. Yes indeedy-o, just when you were beginning to think that cramps and spasms and constipation and diarrhea and bloating and agonizing stomach pain might be enough to be going on with, your body decides otherwise. And comes up with a pain in the arse.
I can’t tell you how thrilled I am about this new development. What it means is that, rather than just finding it difficult to go to the toilet on constipation grounds, I can now also appreciate what it might feel like if you tried to extract a wardrobe from your rectum. This is hugely useful knowledge.
Thankfully, after a few days of suffering, this morning I was able to visit the toilet without the bottom pain manifesting itself. However, this does present me with another pressing problem, which is this – I’m actually quite happy this morning, but it is a fragile happiness. If I were to actually sit down and analyze the source of my joy, it would disappear immediately. No-one wants their state of mind to depend on pain-free pooping.
hey i get that to glad im not the only one that gets it i also get haedaches with mine and i feel sick most of the time with it. it is murder it makes you feel crap you just want to curle up in a corner and die. also the pain can be hard to sleep with like this morning i woke up at 7 30 and couldnt get back to sleep because of the pain.
I’ve had the pain in the arse on several occassions..I’ve even sat on a hot water bottle to relief it…
I have awful symptons right at this moment, just want to curl up in bed and hold my belly.
I’ve been relatvely pain free for several months but think I’ve eaten something that’s triggered off an attack. last two weeks I’ve had the trots, and period pain tummy ache and bloating which gets worse the moment I eat.
Feel for you I really do.
I get the pain in the bum thing most mornings, feels like someone sticking a red hot poker up my jacksy – not nice
Never new of sights like this, and feel the need to share….
Here’s something that works for me when I’m going out (in reference to your friends wedding)…
If I’m going out–I don’t eat that day! I just got back from a lovely 2 week vacation with my family where I didn’t eat for about 6 of the days when we were going sight-seeing etc. Isn’t that great! I’ve found the cure for IBS–just don’t eat, and there’s (practically) no symptoms!
You’re welcome.
Oh, and you know what I do on days I work (where running to the bathroom is not an option)?
I don’t eat! It’s brilliant really. Here’s how it works: there’s nothing in your stomach or intestines to cause pain or diarrhea…I know–brilliant!
Again, you are welcome, and glad to have solved your problem.
Hello,
I got to your blog because I looked for IBS on google and found your webpage.
I have always had a crappy stomach, but last September it began to affect me. First I had a pain like the one you described, but mine was as if I had something coming up from underneath my bottom. It was BAD. After that I became lactose-intolerant for a few months. Then it all went away and I was fine. Then I started getting sick again. I can’t eat noodles/pasta, I can’t eat deep fried food(bye bye french fries, wings, etc.) and from time to time, some things make me sick. I eventually get headaches with it, and cramping/gas is CONSTANT. I was diagnosed by my family doctor as having IBS, but reading your webpage, it made me feel like going to a specialist.
Anyway, I just wanted to type this. I am “glad” to find out about other people who have the problem, even though I wish we’d all not have it.
Regards
IBS is no fun at all. I have lived with it since I was about 12 years old. I had my gallbladder removed in 98, thinking that would solve it. Well the stomach pain went away almost, the IBS didn’t. I am at a loss it is bad. I will not eat if I have to go out, cause within 1/2 hour of eating I am in the bathroom. My favorite thing for doing the public bathrooms has got to be the mini glade air fresheners. Those are a life saver and save from embarassement. I have a girlfriend that suffers as well and we are sounding boards for each other. So nice to find this site. Thanks
I am also ‘glad’ to hear this news. My rectal area and lower back have been hurting for months!
Although the tenseness and dull pain are there, they are manageable. Most importantly, the nausea and diarrhea and cramping have halted and my stomach feels normal. Except that I’m hungry all the time.
I know I sit too much at work, but when you have responsiblity what else are you supposed to do? So, I keep sitting on these hard seats for hours and I feel like I have a hard rock sitting right where my butt and back meet.
Being the paranoid person that I am, and still thinking that I don’t have IBS and am instead dying of a horrible disease, I keep feeling that area. Like I’m going to find a tumor or something.
I take scolding hot baths almost every night and this tremendously helps with the aches and pains. I also use a heating pad while watching tv.
And I also agree with the eating theory — if you don’t eat then it all goes away. I’ve barely eaten anything for weeks and its the best I’ve felt
I thought I was going mad by myself but sadly not.
I bite the toilet roll to stop from crying out…confuses the hell out of the kids!
As I write this, there’s an ad on the tv for a healthy gut….ho hum.
I have been having the same problems recently as I ran out of milk thistle. I have IBS and I found by doing some net surfing that this may help and I tried it and it seems to help. I also drink one or two probiotic yogurt drinks a day. When I do both of them I feel much beter and no pain in the arse. I do not know whether this is just me but thought that I would share it.
Em,
how are you feeling these days? Are your symptoms any better?
Pain in the arse….. I wonder if people are referring to “proctalgia fugeaux” (probably mispelled). It is a cramping in the anus area which can be brought on by defecating, straining, orgasm, or just out of the blue. It is very painful, comes in waves and mine can last up to an hr. There are some remedies that have been suggested, of which I am sorry I can only remember a few from my research as I rely on my only standby to work now, which is as soon as you have the slightest inclination that a cramp is coming on, you apply hard pressure to the rectal area. This actually can be done quite discreetly when in public. Find an arm of a chair and sit on it in such a way as to facilitate this. Other ideas: a concrete block fence placed low enough as to sit on edge, fingers, sit on a tennis ball (I keep one next to my bed), one’s cellphone under the bottom when drving, find a big rock w/an edge to it. Continue this pressure till it subsides. For me this can be 5 to 10 min. If it comes back apply the pressure again. Other methods I recall from my research on google are sucking on ice chips or drinking water very slowly. Oh, another thing I have noticed that increases the possibility of having a cramp is not drinking enough water in the day. I have been woken up in the middle of the night w/one of these dang things. Sometimes (very, very, very rarely – darn) occuring after I have had a dream where I experienced an orgasm. The resulting pain almost makes it kinda of worth it.