Has anyone ever been unable to so much as simply 'sit down' without experiencing excruciating pain?

[bobj]

Serious question. Is this something indicative of what IBD sufferers experience?

 

[Scipio]

Sitting down is not painful for me. Maybe it is for some patients who have certain absesses or fistulae, but my pain (when I have it) is a dull ache in the lower right abdominal quadrant.

 

[my little penguin]

Same here never an issue with “sitting” for my kiddo
Just abdominal pain

 

[Lisa]

The only issue I can recall with sitting is when my old site of fissures is acting up - and sitting, especially on something hard, causes the skin to pull and stretch - the skin there is very thin and gets irritated easily too, so much so that even the act of wiping can cause it to bleed some.

Where is the pain when you sit?

 

[bobj]

The only issue I can recall with sitting is when my old site of fissures is acting up - and sitting, especially on something hard, causes the skin to pull and stretch - the skin there is very thin and gets irritated easily too, so much so that even the act of wiping can cause it to bleed some.

Where is the pain when you sit?

Lower right area, just above my hip. I'm thinking it's the place where my ileum/ileococal valve is located..

 

[my little penguin]

I forget did they do a CT with barium to rule out appendicitis?

 

[bobj]

I forget did they do a CT with barium to rule out appendicitis?

No, they did a regular CT, not sure if there was barium, but I was hooked up via catheter to something that was pumped into me intravenously

 

[Lisa]

No, they did a regular CT, not sure if there was barium, but I was hooked up via catheter to something that was pumped into me intravenously

That was probably a ct with contrast. Barium you usually have to drink, and with an MRE they do inject some also via iv