New on prednisone need help

[pain in the butt]

new on prednisone need help

can anyone help me out . have not had normal bm in about 1 and a half years. third day or fours to much pain to remember on ped. haveing just about same amount of bm so far up to like15 but more formed something i forgot about its be so long . is this normal sounds like maybe ped. is working in the anti inflam department in order to have what i believe is normal size . yet still very painnn fulll . what the hell thought it would help reduce the amount of times not the size. oo: oo: :voodoo: oo: :voodoo: :ybatty: :ybatty: :ybatty: oo:

 

[Peaches]

Well, I was on pred for the first time in about 5 years a few weeks ago. I went from having D multiple times a day to not being able to go at all for days! It was, eh, different for me. I've never been one for constipation. I'd say maybe you need to give it more time. The fact that your stools are getting more formed is a good sign that at least the inflammation in the colon is getting reduced (your colon basically acts like a sponge to reabsorb the water out of your stool and form it - when there is inflammation it interferes with its ability to do this properly which is 1 reason (of many) that we get diarrhea).

BUT...if you start getting a LOT more pain than normal - you need to call your doc. If you have a narrowed/strictured area and your stool is getting more formed, it could be getting obstructed. Not saying this IS what is going on - just saying watch out for it as it can be a serious thing. Basically if your pain level goes above a 7 out of 10 - I'd call the doc or go to the ER.

Hope you feel better soon!!

 

[pain in the butt]

do you know anything about mesalsine rectal suspension enema only tried once couldnt hold it . maybe this stuff is for the bottom swelling .or maybe this is just aggravating hemroid i read on one of my scope papers. was told had narrowing but if pred is starting to work to help form were does the obstuction happen if im passing bm. I know about a small obstuction once when i was vomiting real bad and had to be i hospital with stupid tube up my nose down my throat and stomach rest that obstruction .went away on its own even though one doc told me i would need surgery . but when transfered to other hosp. went away on its own are you talking about that kind of obstruction.

 

[Peaches]

I *believe* it is the same or similar to Asacol - which acts like topical aspirin for our guts. So - it would work just for the rectal area maybe? Do you have stenosis or narrowing of your rectum? You can have narrowing from inflammation (which can go away when the inflammation goes away) and you can have narrowing from scar tissue that can be a side effect of inflammation over time. So - maybe what you are referring to was caused by current inflammation you were experiencing? I'm thinking more along the lines of scar tissue type narrowing that won't get better typically even when they get the inflammation under control. That type can get bad to the point where you end up needing to have it removed with surgery. Eh....I don't think I'm helping??? Obstructions tend to be in the small intestine as it is already narrow to begin with so it is more susceptible to obstruction. A couple of people here also have issues with narrowing of their rectum - so that can cause issues with passing more formed stool. So - unless you know exactly where your narrowing is -kinda hard for me to say. Sorry - don't know if any of that helped!

 

[pain in the butt]

this probably isn't nothing compared to what you guy are going through but just went to get paper work from pathology report from scope do in May. colon only superfical chronic active inflamamation than on the
sigmoid colon it says colonic mucosa with focal ulceration, granulation tissue and acute and chronic inflammation . colonic mucosa with focal edema and subacute inflammation . in the findings part severe segmental inflammation with edema, granularity, friability and spasm was seen extending from 10cm to 30cm from anal verge and an abnormality was noted. not sure what it all means probably just big words for inflammation. this new doc wouldnt say much he wanted to do his own scope. what do you make out of this stuff .

 

[Peaches]

Well, sounds like you have severe chronic inflammation of the lowest part of your colon, possibly extending into your rectum - just a layperson's interpretation. Hence the need for the suspension enema. Sounds like you really need to work on being able to hold that in for a bit since that may be the only medication that area gets unless you are on something systemic like Prednisone. You need a maintenance drug my friend, probably something with a bit more punch than just the enema, but let's wait and see what the doc says ok?

 

[pain in the butt]

thanks so much your so nice. need to still take rest of prednisone and bentyl tonite afraid to take my vicodin. will try other again . thanks ! doc told me to call him on Monday. thanks again. you really helped.

 

[Peaches]

Night buddy - sleep tight and hopefully with no pain :O)