X-Ray Shows Entire Colon Backed Up

Thanks so much for everyone's reply!

I am still having pretty bad pain. I have an appointment with another doctor tomorrow to discuss everything and I hope to get the xray sent over to him from the ER yesterday.

I kind of wonder if this could just be a pulled ab muscle or something.. The reason I think this is because I remember leaning over in my office chair weird lsat week and I felt a very sharp pain in the same place for like a minute (felt like I over extended)

The only thing is - that was last week and the pain woke me up at 4am on tuesday.. so who knows.

It would be hard to believe that I am constipated because my whole life I have gone more than normal people do if anything.. 3 times a day is average sometimes more.

I have Sibo, the constipated type. I use a product called Mag07, which is a magnesium based oxygen cleanser. It works very well for me, without the horrible cramps that some of the other laxatives cause.

1000Daisies said...
Hope it's just a muscle strain (because alternatives seem more complicated!). Glad to hear it's not the appendix!

Curious - if you think it's muscle related, does Advil (if you can take it) ease the pain? Have you tried a product like BioFreeze to see if that reduces symptoms? (Not sure if you can take either of these, but just curious if you did and how you reacted?)

I have heard good things about hydro/water colon cleanses (if it ends up not being muscle related).

Good luck, Nic!

Just got back from the doctor. He spent at the most 5 minutes with me. Reviewed my xrays and said there isn't much stool but there is some on the right side. He came to the conclusion that it was muscle related but that was after I told him it could be.. he pushed on it and said it's right where the oblique muscle is and that it should get better in a couple weeks.

Hard to tell if he would've come to that conclusion had I not given him the idea. Now I wish I didn't mention it.

Anyway I tried advil and I don't think it helped although I will try again. I am going to a concert tomorrow night so I might try the BioFreeze to help with the pain so I can enjoy it a little more.