my gas is so bad, it sound like whales singing in the deep ocean.....

ever watch discovery channel and you can hear the sounds whales make when they are talking to eachother, that is the sound that is coming from my intestines.........it's really loud and kind of embarrasing (I don't think anyone can actually hear it...yet), but it's kind of funny at the same time, thank Goodness, I can go home in an hour (normally I stay late) but I need break like the wind!

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Beth, 31

That title is just too funny! And something we can all relate to

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Dx'D in 1990. Remission 1991 - 1/2005

very funny...gave me a chuckle....great simile....side effect of asacol is gas, could be part of it along with our annoying intestines ;)...may your gas be quiet enough but amusing enough!

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UC diagnosed January 05

Past Meds: Azasan (Imuran) - piercing chest pains after six days so tried different brand aka Azathioprine - morning nausea /didn't really help after more than 6 months, prednisone
Current meds: Asacol 2 - 3x, Aciphex (acid reflux), Remicade - 5 treatments, Canasa, multivitamin, probiotic (florasmart right now), astelin (nasal spray), allergy shots

Can Asacol cause gas? I had such bad gas this morning, it laid in my intestines all night and out it came this morning. Now my lower pelvic area is stinging and tingling as I feel there is more. And my upper gut is knotted also with more. I am worried I have colon cancer now as my stools this morning were skinnier but I've been having normal bathroom trips though. I don't think I'm having enough fiber to go every day anyway. Need to increase that and see if things change. I'm glad someone can laugh at this, I can't for the weird sensations and discomfort it causes me.

well, I hope my switch to lialda helps my gas, but probably not since it has the same active ingredients.

Doing much better today, good thing I don't work near the ocean b/c maybe that's how whales get beached, they hear familiar sounds calling to them from the shore  (no offense to the whales).

 

I've been on the Asacol before taking 2 pills 3X a day. And didn't have problems with gas then. i am so terrified I am sitting here right now with colon cancer as my bowel movements today were skinnier than usual, I keep thinking about how it says they are pencil like with colon cancer. I've not had them that way yet, but over the past two days I've gone little bits at a time over a period of 3 times that day. But the day before that I went really well. I just keep thinking about my dog and his small intestine cancer and his not being able to do even a little piece at all. And that keeps me in a worried state and with a tense gut all the time. Not to mention, when I do go, and it's more than 1 or 2 times, it causes me to have spasms low in the pelvic area with stinging. I pay attention to every little symptom, pay attention to the way my movements look, and freak out if I think they are not how they should look thinking I automatically have cancer. Especially after eating I feel that catch come up in my side. Hoping that is a gas issue. And if gas is constantly trapped there, that could be because of a mass. I need for Friday to hurry up and come so I can get out of town and hopefully get some respite from this nervousness and worry.

My boyfriend teases me and says my stomach sounds like hungry bears fighting for their food!

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 Diagnosed with moderate UC 1/04

I'm scared to fart to as what might come out!!

 

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Smiles,

Sorry to hear you're having so much hassle with pain/gas

I'm seeing an improvement with only 2 doses of activated charcoal (being careful not to take it within 2 hrs of the other stuff) The smell is nothing like it normally is and I've only farted twice today!. Funny how my stools floated this morning - maybe the gas is trapped in them!

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Current meds

Asacol MR 400mg x2 3times/day
Fish Oil 1000mg 1 cap
Acidophilus 2 tabs
Aloe Elite 4 caps x2
Multi Vit x1
Caprylic Acid x1
Chewable Calcium & Vit D 2 tabs
Yakult


Diagnosed '96 ?colitis?crohns (biopsies inconclusive)
Remission for 11yrs, no meds
Current flare since April 07, awaiting scope