Weird Bowel Movements And Pain In Right Side Posted: 05-25-05 09:45am
For the past 3-4 months I have had pain in
my right side that wraps around to my
lower back. Sometimes the pain seems to
radiate from my right hip bone and at
other times the pain is located in my
lower rib area on the right side or in the
right abdominal area (belly button and a
few inches lower). If I bend forward or
reach for something above my head it can
make the pain worse, but that’s not the
only time the pain is there (it’s mostly
constant, but it has spells of being
virtually non-existent). A few weeks
before this pain started I had pain in my
pubic hair area only while having a bowel
movement. The pain during bowel movements
went away after a few weeks and hasn't
returned.
Sometimes when I have a bowel movement
it's basically diarrhea with another
substance floating on top (as if you mixed
oil and water). At other times my bowel
movements are loose and look like hundreds
of small particles (gravel?) that never
solidly formed into a single piece. At
times there will be some “solid” bowel
movements mixed with the “gravel”, but
if I try to poke one of the “solid”
pieces with a wooden chopstick (yeah, I
know that’s gross, but I am improvising
here) it will easily fall apart and look
like the aforementioned “gravel”.
Then there are times when my bowel
movements are sort of normal except that
they look “rough” on the outside
surface. All of my bowel movements pass
easily and I don’t have to strain.
I drink plenty of water each day (around
½ gallon) and I eat whole grain bread (3
grams fiber per slice), bagels (8 grams
fiber each), bananas, and apples. I
estimate that I am getting around 25 grams
of fiber each day.
I went to my regular doctor when this
first started and he put me on fibercon
for a couple of weeks and tested for blood
in my stool by using one of those pieces
of paper in his office -- the results of
that test was negative. I have been to a
gastroenterologist and he has ordered a ct
scan of my abdominal and pelvic regions.
He says that none of what I described
makes him want to go into my colon to have
a look at this time. He thinks that the
pain in my right side could be attributed
to a new exercise program I started a
while back that involves a lot of kicking,
etc. He has placed me on 1800 mgs of
ibuprofen a day for 2 weeks to see if that
helps.
