I'm sure youv'e heard this before but take a look at your diet.
Mettamuccil works for me along with Activia at times.

Still sounds like you may need some other opinions.
There are a lot of doctors out there & you may not have been to see the right one. There are painful bowel movements & I sure would not want to live like that every day. Its not normal & there has to be a cause & to treat it you have to find that cause.
I wish you the best.
Sammy

Thanks. She did not say exactly what was wrong just that there was scarring from the years of this going on. I also occasionally have stomach pains / bottom pains which I believe are related to this. She just told me to take stool softeners and gave me some medicine to treat the scarring. I took what she gave me and never went back because I felt that she couldn't really help. Maybe I should see someone else. I suppose I should also mention that once every few years I also pass out from bowel movements and I was told that is because of a nerve and that there is nothing that I can do about that either.

i dont know if this would help your severe issues, but peppermint tea really helps with constipation.

Thanks honor. I love peppermint so ill try it.

If there is no understood medical diagnosis, I would see a naturopath and try with diet and herbs to improve digestion. It might take some time to find the right combination of foods and herbs but it's certainly worth a try.
i hope you find a solution.
Ama

Pain is pain my fellow member so welcome. Many of us here have pain caused by dozens of issues. I have found oatmeal and grain breads help me. My issues are caused by all the meds I take. Hope you find soemthing to get you some relief. Of course it is not a great secret that increasing your fiber intake is beneficial. May not be of any help to you but cant hurt to try.

Welcome to the group!

What your doc was referring to may be anal fissures, tiny tears (as in tearing fabric, not tears from crying, lol!) from straining so hard to move your bowels. That would cause scars, and severe pain when moving your bowels.

Maybe doubling the stool softeners would help more. Many here swear by peppermint tea.

As others have said, pain is pain, and you are more than welcome here.

Hugs,
Theresa

Welcome, hon. Pain is pain and I know where you are coming from.

It is really important that you take stool softeners and get adequate fiber and hydration.

It is an embarassing problem and I had it last week. I was having a horrid time and had used all of the protocol listed above. I thought I will sit and die here before I will admit this pain to a dr. (meaning urgent care or ER). I finally began to get relief and it was over in a few minutes. Walking was quite uncomfortable.

All that to say, you don't ever want to get to that point again. Feel free to ask questions. There are several nurses on this forum.

Bowel problems are very common in chronic pain patients

Melinda

Peppermint tea daily and taking a good multi enzyme. I've had pain in that same area before I was in chronic pain. IBS caused alot of my problem. I swear by drinking the hot peppermint tea daily it's good for you too. Give it a try let me know how you do after a few days.

Healing hugs

I am no kind of medical expert, but I do know that passing out due to bowel movement should be taken very seriously. I do know of two people (both with serious other health problems) who died due to a nerve in that area that is somehow connected to the heart. One was my godmother and the other was Elvis Presley. Please seek better medical assistance. They both died trying to have a bowel movement.
I wish you well.

I am no kind of medical expert, but I do know that passing out due to bowel movement should be taken very seriously. I do know of two people (both with serious other health problems) who died due to a nerve in that area that is somehow connected to the heart. One was my godmother and the other was Elvis Presley. Please seek better medical assistance. They both died trying to have a bowel movement.
I wish you well.

I am no kind of medical expert, but I do know that passing out due to bowel movement should be taken very seriously. I do know of two people (both with serious other health problems) who died due to a nerve in that area that is somehow connected to the heart. One was my godmother and the other was Elvis Presley. Please seek better medical assistance. They both died trying to have a bowel movement.
I wish you well.

I had so much pain connected to my bowels while i was in hospital it was unbeleivable, even the pain relief didnt take away the bowel or bottom pain. So I fully understand where you are coming from! I agree with some of the other comments, I would definately get another opinion especially with the amount of pain you are experiencing, Take a look at your diet, maybe some foods you are eating dont agree with your body. Do take the stool softners, if you end up with heamarrhoids it would just add to your pain even more. I hope everyones suggestions help you.

Thans everyone. I will try all of your suggestions. I have never known any diffrent so i never thought it was a huge problem until i just got sick of the pain and decided to try and find out why it was happening. Not getting a clear answer was discouraging but you all are encouraging me to try again. Thanks.

I somewhat know where you are coming from when I was on Morphine I was so constipation that I would go only once a week or less. It would take me an hour to go and the pain was so bad I would shake and throw up and I also had anal fissures that would drip blood afterwards. I know how it can effect your life, I was sort of lucky as I knew what it was from and once I stopped the medication it was gone.

I thought at times I would have to get a spoon to go in after it, it was so horrible. I think you need to see a doctor who specializes on bowel problems and they have to go up there with that scope and see what is going on. Diet may be part of it but there may be some underlying problem that hopefully be taken care of.

Dont keep on trying to find out what the problem is because if you dont do it nobody is going to do it for you and it is no way to live you may have to see five doctors till you find the one who knows what the heck he is talking about so dont give up and good luck