Endo on Bowels

[Theodora2016]

Can anyone who has endometriosis on their bowels tell me what their symptoms are like please? How was it diagnosed? Xxx

[Fionac1981]

Hi. I had endo on my bowel, had surgery this year to treat it.

My symptoms were...

Diarrhea or constipation constantly, I would switch between the 2.

Severe pains when opening bowels.

Severe sharp pains when needing to opening bowels.

Constantly feeling like I need toliet.

At time, no control, urgency to go.

Sometime some rectual bleeding.

My endo on bowel was picked up on an MRI, and in my first Lapoascopy, then my consultant worked with a endo bowel surgeon, to look at extent.

I had my surgery in Feb. I ended up need a resection, and my colon was stuck together in a zigzag formations, so they unstuck it all and freed it up. best thing I've done. No more pain or issues.

I hope this helps

[Theodora2016 in reply to Fionac1981]

Thank you this really helps when I see my consultant next.

[YellowWarrior]

Hey, I had my laparoscopy on Friday which diagnosed me with severe endo on my bowel. Areas affected were my rectum and sigmoid colon and some of it is stuck to my womb.

My symptoms were relatively mild when compared to lots of stories I’m reading on here, I had painful bowel movements when on my period and needed to pass stools every half hour or so and if I didn’t I’d have bad stabbing type pains in my lower stomach. I would have lots of mucus rather than actual stools come out and rarely would bleed from my rectum too.

Get very bad trapped gas which again causes the stabbing pain, and I just get very tired around my period.

Mine was diagnosed by me going in to see my GP, explained my symptoms and he referred me to the menstrual health department at the hospital straight away, and my laparoscopy was my diagnostic tool.

[Theodora2016 in reply to YellowWarrior]

Good luck post lap with your recovery x