New pain

[Shakiera123]

I’m new to this site but not new endometriosis, Ive only found out pain in my rectum is common from the condition has anyone else had this??????

[Bee95m]

I seem to get flare ups every other month or so where I feel there’s a pressure in my rectum (tmi but literally right on/in my bum hole) I get so panicked that it’s something more sinister but know it can be a symptom of Endo or with difficult/changing bowel movements can cause pressure/pain but it’s so hard to know what is what!

[Shakiera123 in reply to Bee95m]

Thank you so much for your reply it’s nice to know it’s quite common and I’m not the only one who suffers with if

It’s so horrible and struggling to deal with it for a-bit on a-lot of pain killers right now

[Trinity613]

Yes! I’m exactly in the same situation: about a year ago I started experiencing strong pain in my rectum and had no idea what it was. I search and searched online and realised it could be linked to endometriosis. Then I started noticing it would happen just before and on the first 2 days of my period. Each month was getting worse and after about 8 months I was shaking in terror the days leading to my periods. The pain happens mainly before bowel movement and it feels like something stabbing and electrocuting you inside the rectum, I am literally on the floor screaming. After months of back and forth with my GP, I finally managed to get an MRI and see a specialist who confirmed I had endometriosis between my uterus and rectum. I was told it’s very rare to have it only there and that’s the only symptom I ever had. Hope this helps…

[Shakiera123 in reply to Trinity613]

Thank you so much for your reply it’s nice to know it’s quite common and I’m not the only one who suffers with if

It’s so horrible and struggling to deal with it for a-bit on a-lot of pain killers right now

[catsrule40]

HiYes i had pain 'in the bum' too stabby pains on and off. I had endo on my bowel. From my experience and talking to others it is quite common.

[Shakiera123 in reply to catsrule40]

Thank you so much for your reply it’s nice to know it’s quite common and I’m not the only one who suffers with if

It’s so horrible and struggling to deal with it for a-bit on a-lot of pain killers right now

[LME5]

Hi Shakiera, it's a normal symptom of endometriosis - if you have endo on your rectum. I do and it gives me all kinds of symptoms. If it's new, I would see to it that you see an endo specialist a-sap and ask them to investigate. Endo doesn't show up on ultrasounds in most cases. MRI is your best shot. Hope that helps x

[Rose153]

Hi - yes i have this and I am experiencing this pain right now. You have my sympathy. I have recto vag endo and it is so painful. I had a lap almost exactly a year ago to excise the endo, unstick my womb from my bowel... remove a cyst etc. It took about 8 months to feel any benefit from the operation but it has helped a bit. I also have adenomyosis. I go to a pelvic floor PT who has also helped me loads. I also thought it was something more sinister and had a flexi sigmoidoscopy but that was clear. The rectal spasm and pressure is horrible, but, the pelvic exercises I am doing really help the day to day. Unfortunately the time of the month still hurts like hell. x