Having bowel problems is it normal?

[xxemmaxx]

Hi all I'm still waiting my lap got my consultation next week to for diagnosis

Basically for last few week I've being suffering with my bowles I get horrific pain when have to go to the loo or even just with wind the pain during feels like passing glass but when I'm having my period I'm passing a lot of blood my bm isnt hard normal some time loose my gp are being bot helpful fobbing me off any advice x

[Hells83bells]

I don't have any advice Hun but just wanted to say I'm thinking of u and have the same thing. I would keep going back to your GP until they refer u back to the hospital x x x

[xxemmaxx in reply to Hells83bells]

Thanks hun x

[ails84]

Hi I am very similar pain, it's calmed down at lot since I started having a pro biotic drink a day and the pro or pre biotic capsules aswell I got mine from Holland and Barrett it esp helped if I had wind, try and keep yourself looser too if you become constipated it's pain but much more frequent! I used to have to take tramadol codeine diclofenic Etc for my pain but I am just about managing with paracetamol and ibrophen now and of course a hot water bottle!

I hope that helps a little

X

[xxemmaxx in reply to ails84]

Thanks I'm on naproxen 250 twice a day which does nothing really I shall invest in some pro biotic on my shopping tomorrow x

[Mabes]

I got this but not the blood. The pain when pooping was unbearable; I literally could not move. I felt as if I was giving birth to a poo!!! Like Ails84, I found I had to almost cause diarrhoea in order to be able to go without passing out. I used to take 3 movicols within a 90 minute time period (one every 30 mins) plus co-codamol and Naproxen and even then I was literally doubled up or crawling.

Plus the gas pain were one of the first things that suggested endo to me.... I had these pains unbearable during ovulation and my period. I used to feel as if I had painful rocks inside my bowel even though I was not constipated or that I was being scraped raw.

Since my laparoscopy with excision I can now have my period and ovulation without this. I do still find having a BM to be quite uncomfortable at times (more like a rawish scraped feeling in my guts), but it is nothing like before. I had the Mirena coil inserted during my operation.

My advice - keep your bowel movements super soft, take pain relief, use heat (baths, heating pad etc), try a TENS machine and lastly - use colpermin capsules or windeeze to keep gas as minimal as possible. I found colpermin generally helpful and windeeze a lifesaver after my lap.

[xxemmaxx in reply to Mabes]

I'm only on naproxen 250 which not helping at all with pain my bm rather soft and regular sometimes going 4 time a day just need answers now xx

[sb2015]

Hello,

I have very similar symptoms.

My bowel reacts in a very bad way during my periods; spasm, bleeding, hard stools, very loose stools, terrible pain. Even fainting.

My lap discovered it was on the bowel and on 2 occasions it has been removed from that area.

Do mention this to your consultant. They will have more experience in this area than your gp.

Good luck with your lap.