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--- Begin Message ---I have been having similar problems lately. I have an appointment next week with my doctor and plan to ask about what I can do to help out. Most of my pain is in the bowel region, but I do have some real discomfort down below the scrotum. Last night the gas pain was so difficult that might bowel regiment did not relieve the pressure. The results were not satisfactory and after the normal amount of time I decided to put in another magic bullet. I had more results almost immediately and within 20 minutes felt considerable relief. I have experienced very little gas pressure today and am hoping that I will be able to get back on schedule with my bowel regiment.
One of my neighbors, that happens to be a nurse, mentioned this may be irritable bowel syndrome. I will let you know what my doctor seems to think about these problems.
Billy
C2-3 nine years post-injury
PS I am glad to be back after a four-month respite to complete my bachelors degree. I graduate Saturday.
Fragile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:"riding a bike at full speed with no seat... just the post... and then
hitting a bunch of speed bumps!"
Been trying to think of a way to describe the pain to my doctor (if I
ever decide to waste the time going to the doctor's office), your
description sounds pretty good. Been telling other people it feels
like an open sore/wound in my intestines with salt being poured on it.
It's been so bad lately, this is the first time I've gotten out of
bed in over five days.
Wonder what a doctor which think about taking Zantac and Prilosec at
the same time? I've tried them both for stomach pain, they both help
some, Prilosec a little more. Unfortunately, all the stores where I
live seem to run out of their Prilosec supply pretty frequently. As
soon as I can get my hands on some, I'll try mixing it with Zantac.
Has anyone noticed a differ! ence switching from the magic bullet to
something like enemeez? Wondering if 10 years of using the magic
bullet has damaged the walls of my bowels.
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 16:56:24 -0700, Tod E. Santee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi All...
>
> Severe Groin Pain is what I call it... and I do notice it most with gas,
> unusual bowel programs, or as a hint that "unusual" is on the way.
>
> It's been a long time since I wrote... not getting messages and busier than
> normal... but I check the archives when I can. And THIS particular problem
> is a real biggie for me, too. And, while I haven't found a cure, I've found
> some things that have helped. Some a little... others a lot. Some by
> themselves and others only in conjunction with something else.
>
> * I've had the full scan, top to bottom, that I think wheelchair was talking
> about. They put me through a CAT Scan after drinking! some thick chalky
> stuff they tried to say tasted like Pi�a Colada (sure!), and not eating for
> 8-10 hours... nada. Nothing found.
>
> * Or, if wheel meant something else, maybe it was this one where I was
> scoped from the ends after spending six hours on a commode chair one night,
> violently blowing clear water out my butt (did you call that "Go Lightly"
> Wheel?), followed by a barium enema... a heavy, X-ray opaque white metal
> pumped in "backwards" that shows the shape and size of the bowel and can
> expose any 'raw' or irritated areas, among other things. Again, nothing
> found but spasms. (The catheter and balloon used to insert and hold the
> barium and solution in was literally SHOT back at the X-ray tech who kept
> saying 'more... more...' just to get the fluid past a spastic area... LOL!)
> This was actually kinda cool because I could see the X-rayed movie of it all
> happening. ! (heheh)
>
> * I got to a point where I had my gall bladder removed because all the Docs
> could finally come up with was "Referred Pain" (and it was known I had gall
> stones anyway... so, no real loss) that was causing all my discomfort...
> that was 8 years ago... no change.
>
> * Acid is a problem. I need to take two different precription acid
> reducers. (My insurance hates this! Both meds are supposed to do the same
> thing... but the trick is that they do it using different
> biochemical/physiological pathways.) One is an H2-blocker that blocks
> certain receptors so your body realizes it has enough stomach acids [the
> ones like Zantac, Cimetidine]. The other type is a proton pump inhibitor
> [like Prilosec or Prevacid] that stops acid production in the first place.
> I have to take both... one alone won't work for me.
>
> * In my case, the bowels are also 'overactive' ... ! they're always on the
> move so I have to slow them down with a prescription called Librax (can't
> remember [or pronounce] the generic) and sometimes use Immodium to slow "the
> propulsive motility of the bowels." Without these, I could be doing a bowel
> program twice a day and still be uncertain in between.
>
> * Simethicone [Gas-X] really helps the pain you're describing at times. I
> take one every night at bed time since during the night and waking up are
> the most painful. I've described it as riding a bike at full speed with no
> seat... just the post... and then hitting a bunch of speed bumps!
>
> I've found that the most painful times are after I'm lying down and my body
> starts relaxing, and then suddenly something wakes me and everything tenses
> up again. (e.g. a loud noise, my wife getting in/out of bed, the cat
> walking on me or the dogs barking at a noise, etc.) The next thing I
> notice is that evrything is everything is hyper-sensitive (hyperaesthesia /
> hyperesthesia). The slightest touch, a tiny movement whether conscious,
> subconscious, or even passively (i.e. someone else moving me even just a
> little bit), or simply having clothes or the sheets brushing against the
> hairs on my arms feels like *FIRE* or being dragged across coarse sandpaper.
> I'm told it's some type of extreme neurogenic pain, possibly from
> hyperexcitable spinal neurons, ... but real or not, it's the perception that
> really matters!
>
> I seriously empathise and hope you can find something that helps... and
> maybe pass that info on here if you do... Right now I'm having a terrible
> time with this pain because it's compounded by diarrhea this week... also
> painful/stressful on the system. The gas has been getting worse... and that
> just gets the whole system going haywire again.
>
> Take care & best of luck!
>
> Sincerely,
> Tod
>
>
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