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I hope you feel better soon. I am feeling some cramping, too, but not as bad tonight.
I almost feel like I'm getting to be C now. At times my stool is so hard looking (sorry if TMI). I don't know what I can eat to make it come out a little more normal. Maybe more cooked veggies? I love cooked spinach. Maybe I should try more of that.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for your advice. It's nice to know that I am normal and I'm not the only one. Sometimes I feel like it's all in my head, psychosomatic I guess. Hope tomorrow's a better day!
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Becca, Heavenlee,
**** WARNING: It's long! I type fast...so sometimes length gets away from me!
I was just officially re-diagnosed with IBS-C. And this week has just been PAINFUL. Awful cramping from my stomach all the way through the intestines, all at once. Pain on my left side along my back. Feeling as if someone just used my stomach (right at the start of the ribcage) as a punching bag...all this I associate with C. If you read up on regular C (non-IBS), pain is also a symptom. So having pain and C doesnt' surprise me so much anymore.
With all the spasming, I end up with sore stomach and back muscles since the muscles have had such a workout...seriously. I'm sore like I had a nightmare exercise routine!
Solutions for the pain (& C)? Microwave heat packs are FABULOUS. I also take Levsin in an effort to calm the spasms to (hopefully) allow the stool to pass through - Levsin sorta helps. Peppermint Tea (Tazo "Refresh" tea has a great flavor!) can also help...make sure it's VERY strong, & I sometimes add a packet of "Sugar In the Raw" to help with taste too. Also, taking an SFS like Citrucel caplets (start at 2 pills in the AM, 2 in PM) w/ lots of water helps create that "mushy" goop in the GI track which helps "cushion" the spasms & cut down on pain. It's NUTS sometimes!
Good luck to you. I'm figuring things out right along with ya! 
~ Emily
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East Palo Alto, CA (San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley)
IBS-C, pain, nausea
Edited by Memmles (05/06/06 03:58 AM)
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Re: internal ultrasound; they use to look at endometrial lining which would be what you would want to determine endometriosis. Not sure that it is worth the test, unless the anxiety about it is causing you stress. The test is not painful, but definitely not fun. I cried and they had to rush me in because I had to pee so bad (the tech said I had the most full bladder she'd ever seen!) and they have you stick a giant probe up your wazoo to look around. Gotta love these tests! But if you feel the need--go for it!
I also share the symptoms everyone is describing; mine is constant pain in left belly button area and upper right side. I am an A, but mostly C overall. Even when I am "regular" (meaning I still run to the bathroom for urgent normal shaped movements after every meal on an IBS diet (better than the pain of constipation for me)) I still have some measure of the pain. The other day, I could literally feel my colon throbbing in that area when I was stressed. Felt like a heartbeat only more "spastic". Your colon is probably having a spasm when you feel the pain. Not sure why it targets certain areas though; does anyone know this?
Good luck!
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