Ulcerative Colitis with terrible gas and stomach pain Posted: 12-12-07 22:01pm
Hi. I have had Ulcerative Colitis for
about 3 and a half years. I am lactose
intolerant and cannot eat wheat, corn,
apples, lettuce, or any foods that
irritate my stomach. Recently, though,
whenever I have been sitting for too long,
I tend to pass a lot of gas, regardless if
I ate a lot or a little or what I ate or
anything. When I started passing gas, if
I got up right away, I would feel better,
the gas would stop coming out, but I would
feel lightheaded and somewhat dizzy. All
the while when I was passing the gas, my
stomach would hurt, regardless of if I was
trying to hold the gas in or letting it
out. I don't know what to do. I can
barely stand it in places like school,
church, movie theaters, or just at home on
the couch. Walking around I am fine, but
I can very, Very, VERY rarely sit for long
periods of time. Sometimes it even
bothers me when I am standing up in one
place for too long. Also, I had gotten
rectal bleeding at one point, but that had
stopped after I added the rowasa enima
every night to the 9 pills a day of
colozal I was taking. Recently, though,
even with all of this, I had the bleeding
again. My doctor told me to double up on
the colozal. I now take 18 capsule pills
a day plus an enima at night. The
bleeding has stopped, but the gas and the
pain along with it has not stopped. My
doctor is stumped. I also now get
diarrhea all of the time, probably because
my stomach is not used to all of the
medicine. Help! What should I do?!?!?
