Hi all...
I've been lurking here for a few months and have read many of your stories, some are very similar to my own.
6-7 months ago I started having trouble with my bowel movements. I simply wouldn't be able to go in the mornings. It seemed to get better throughout the day. Because of this I started straining, and about 4 months ago more trouble began. I seemed to be getting incomplete evacuations constantly. Bowel movements became random and frequent 4-8 times a day, versus the usual 1 in the morning previously. Stools seemed to come out in fragmented pieces, no consistency. Often when straining I would feel a "ball" sort of thing coming out of my anus. Things just didn't seem normal.
Here are some symptoms I'm suffering from:
- Obstructed defecation, it feels like something is blocking, this is worst in the mornings where I am usually unable to go at all.
- Incomplete evacuation. When I do manage to go, I never feel like I fully empty. Sometimes I will get the urge to go again only 10 mins after previous visit.
- Almost constant mucous/wetness in my anus for most of the day, usually getting slightly better in the evenings. No color, if I wipe myself with paper I can't really see it. I have to wear protection or it will soak through my underpants and eventually pants.
- The constant moisture/mucous comes with an odor. I don't think anyone else really notices, but I'm not sure.
- I'm really not able to let out air like I used to, sometimes it's just hard to tell if I need to have a bowel movement or let out air. I still can recognize when it's air but it's difficult to let out and often result in a very incomplete *puff*. Just doesn't seem normal at all.
- When the urge to go arrives (which happens more suddenly than before) I also get what seems to be massive sweating from my butt cheeks area. I'll be completely soaked in minutes if I don't go.
- The "ball" I felt earlier seemed to have vanished or maybe not coming out as far anymore.
- Often I'll have a weird feeling of pressure in my anus, a bearing down feeling which makes it very uncomfortable to sit on hard surfaces.
- I also have a warm sensation back there often.
- Lower back pain, but luckily not a constant thing
Seemingly out of the blue, about 2 months ago I developed urination issues as well. That includes symptoms such as: frequency, feeling the need to go again after 15-30 mins, I usually don't last more than 2 hours before I have to go and pee again. The beam is weaker and I don't know if my bladder fully empties. Stomach crampings/pain seemed to be another symptom related to this. I've had a few dripples, nothing major, but still an annoyance and added worry.
My doctor said she suspects I may have pelvic floor dysfunction, especially because I'm having issues with both bowel movements and urination.
I've been obsessivly reading up on this and I now suspect I have pelvic floor dysfunction combined with an Internal rectal intussusception or mucosal prolaps. Has anyone else been diagnosed with this and treated? I read the story over at curezone ( http://curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=2007440) about another guy suffering from similar issues, unfortunaly he never came back to report on the surgery. I wonder what happened.
What have I done?
- Enema, this has helped me to clear my bowels. I try not to use it too often since I don't know the long term effect of doing this. After doing enema I'll usually get a better day than when I don't.
- Laxatives. I don't use them now, it seemed like they don't work. Even if my stool is softer I still have incomplete evacuations. I may have to experiment more with this though.
- Pelvic floor exercises. Yupp. I've been doing these for almost 1 month now. They say it's going to take 2-3 months minimum before you feel any difference. The latest week I had less odor and feeling of mucous leaking. Now it seems to be mostly sweat (although i'm not sure that it's really sweat, but it doesn't smell). A few days I barely got wet at all. I've had less bearing down feeling in my anus as well. Not much else seemed to have improved though, are these improvments a coincidence or related to my exercises? I don't know. But I'll continue doing them for now, it can't hurt.
Where am I at?
So far I've done coloscopy & rectoscopy. Nothing was found here (unsurprisingly), though I was hopeful that the rectoscopy would show something at the time, all they found was that I had a small hemorrhoid, nothing really. The real test will be in mid-may when I'll be doing the x-ray defecography test. I'm feeling pretty confident this will finally give some answers. I'll also be going for consulation with an urologist sometime in april, I know most of you guys don't suffer from those issues, but I thought I'll mention it anyway, maybe somebody does.
I've been lurking here for a few months and have read many of your stories, some are very similar to my own.
6-7 months ago I started having trouble with my bowel movements. I simply wouldn't be able to go in the mornings. It seemed to get better throughout the day. Because of this I started straining, and about 4 months ago more trouble began. I seemed to be getting incomplete evacuations constantly. Bowel movements became random and frequent 4-8 times a day, versus the usual 1 in the morning previously. Stools seemed to come out in fragmented pieces, no consistency. Often when straining I would feel a "ball" sort of thing coming out of my anus. Things just didn't seem normal.
Here are some symptoms I'm suffering from:
- Obstructed defecation, it feels like something is blocking, this is worst in the mornings where I am usually unable to go at all.
- Incomplete evacuation. When I do manage to go, I never feel like I fully empty. Sometimes I will get the urge to go again only 10 mins after previous visit.
- Almost constant mucous/wetness in my anus for most of the day, usually getting slightly better in the evenings. No color, if I wipe myself with paper I can't really see it. I have to wear protection or it will soak through my underpants and eventually pants.
- The constant moisture/mucous comes with an odor. I don't think anyone else really notices, but I'm not sure.
- I'm really not able to let out air like I used to, sometimes it's just hard to tell if I need to have a bowel movement or let out air. I still can recognize when it's air but it's difficult to let out and often result in a very incomplete *puff*. Just doesn't seem normal at all.
- When the urge to go arrives (which happens more suddenly than before) I also get what seems to be massive sweating from my butt cheeks area. I'll be completely soaked in minutes if I don't go.
- The "ball" I felt earlier seemed to have vanished or maybe not coming out as far anymore.
- Often I'll have a weird feeling of pressure in my anus, a bearing down feeling which makes it very uncomfortable to sit on hard surfaces.
- I also have a warm sensation back there often.
- Lower back pain, but luckily not a constant thing
Seemingly out of the blue, about 2 months ago I developed urination issues as well. That includes symptoms such as: frequency, feeling the need to go again after 15-30 mins, I usually don't last more than 2 hours before I have to go and pee again. The beam is weaker and I don't know if my bladder fully empties. Stomach crampings/pain seemed to be another symptom related to this. I've had a few dripples, nothing major, but still an annoyance and added worry.
My doctor said she suspects I may have pelvic floor dysfunction, especially because I'm having issues with both bowel movements and urination.
I've been obsessivly reading up on this and I now suspect I have pelvic floor dysfunction combined with an Internal rectal intussusception or mucosal prolaps. Has anyone else been diagnosed with this and treated? I read the story over at curezone ( http://curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=2007440) about another guy suffering from similar issues, unfortunaly he never came back to report on the surgery. I wonder what happened.
What have I done?
- Enema, this has helped me to clear my bowels. I try not to use it too often since I don't know the long term effect of doing this. After doing enema I'll usually get a better day than when I don't.
- Laxatives. I don't use them now, it seemed like they don't work. Even if my stool is softer I still have incomplete evacuations. I may have to experiment more with this though.
- Pelvic floor exercises. Yupp. I've been doing these for almost 1 month now. They say it's going to take 2-3 months minimum before you feel any difference. The latest week I had less odor and feeling of mucous leaking. Now it seems to be mostly sweat (although i'm not sure that it's really sweat, but it doesn't smell). A few days I barely got wet at all. I've had less bearing down feeling in my anus as well. Not much else seemed to have improved though, are these improvments a coincidence or related to my exercises? I don't know. But I'll continue doing them for now, it can't hurt.
Where am I at?
So far I've done coloscopy & rectoscopy. Nothing was found here (unsurprisingly), though I was hopeful that the rectoscopy would show something at the time, all they found was that I had a small hemorrhoid, nothing really. The real test will be in mid-may when I'll be doing the x-ray defecography test. I'm feeling pretty confident this will finally give some answers. I'll also be going for consulation with an urologist sometime in april, I know most of you guys don't suffer from those issues, but I thought I'll mention it anyway, maybe somebody does.