Re: anyone else with this symptom?

[Guest guest]

HI HOLLY: I HAVE SIMULAR SYMPTOMS. I'VE HAD A COLONOSCAPY. IT'S NOT AS A BAD

AS YOU THINK. I'M SORRY TO BE SO GROSS BUT DOES RASINETS FIT THE DISCRIPTION

AT TIMES ETC. SPASAMS IN YOU RECTUM, PAIN THAT TAKES OVER ONE SIDE OF YOUR

BODY FROM THE WAIST DOWN TO TOP OF THIGHS NOT TO MENTION LOWER BACK PAIN

WHERE YOU FEEL YOU'LL BREAK IN HALF. I WAS TOLD I HAVE IBS DUE TO THE

FIBROIDS. MY PAIN LASTS FOR ABOUT 14 DAY'S ON AND OFF MOSTLY ON. IT STOPS

AFTER OVULATION . WELL KEEP IN TOUCH AS WE GO THROUGH THE JOURNEY. I CHECK

MY E-MAIL EVERYDAY. GOOD LUCK BEATRICE P.S. THIS IS A VERY

WELL IMF. GROUP AND SEARCH THE ARCHIVES .

[Guest guest]

Holly,

I would not avoid colonoscopy. Colon cancer is such a killer. No harm in

going in to take a look. If caught early, it's a cancer that can be nipped

in the bud (literally!!!).

-Jane

anyone else with this symptom?

> Hello everyone,

>

> I've yet to find someone else who has the problem of constipation

> with her fibroids. Do any of you have this issue and if so, what are

> you doing about it?

>

> I guess bladder problems are more common.

>

> This got gradually worse for me starting with intense intestinal

> cramping on days 2-4 of my period to gradual lengthening of the time

> to the remainder of my period, then onto the following week as well

> to ongoing constipation. This was what brought me into the doctor in

> the first place along with very heavy cramps. I'm using herbal

> remedies to keep it under control as well as diet but when my doctor

> first learned of it she was more concerned about bowel problems. She

> suggested a colonoscopy but I really have NO reason to believe this

> isn't connected with the fibroid as I've read that depending on the

> position of the fibroid you can get this symptom. (Mine is 6cm

> intramural).

>

> There is no way I want to submit to a treatment as invasive as a

> colonoscopy without very good cause!! So if there is any validation

> out there in this large group I would appreciate hearing about it:-)

>

> Thanks,

> Holly

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Holly,

I would not avoid colonoscopy. Colon cancer is such a killer. No harm in

going in to take a look. If caught early, it's a cancer that can be nipped

in the bud (literally!!!).

-Jane

anyone else with this symptom?

> Hello everyone,

>

> I've yet to find someone else who has the problem of constipation

> with her fibroids. Do any of you have this issue and if so, what are

> you doing about it?

>

> I guess bladder problems are more common.

>

> This got gradually worse for me starting with intense intestinal

> cramping on days 2-4 of my period to gradual lengthening of the time

> to the remainder of my period, then onto the following week as well

> to ongoing constipation. This was what brought me into the doctor in

> the first place along with very heavy cramps. I'm using herbal

> remedies to keep it under control as well as diet but when my doctor

> first learned of it she was more concerned about bowel problems. She

> suggested a colonoscopy but I really have NO reason to believe this

> isn't connected with the fibroid as I've read that depending on the

> position of the fibroid you can get this symptom. (Mine is 6cm

> intramural).

>

> There is no way I want to submit to a treatment as invasive as a

> colonoscopy without very good cause!! So if there is any validation

> out there in this large group I would appreciate hearing about it:-)

>

> Thanks,

> Holly

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Holly,

I would not avoid colonoscopy. Colon cancer is such a killer. No harm in

going in to take a look. If caught early, it's a cancer that can be nipped

in the bud (literally!!!).

-Jane

anyone else with this symptom?

> Hello everyone,

>

> I've yet to find someone else who has the problem of constipation

> with her fibroids. Do any of you have this issue and if so, what are

> you doing about it?

>

> I guess bladder problems are more common.

>

> This got gradually worse for me starting with intense intestinal

> cramping on days 2-4 of my period to gradual lengthening of the time

> to the remainder of my period, then onto the following week as well

> to ongoing constipation. This was what brought me into the doctor in

> the first place along with very heavy cramps. I'm using herbal

> remedies to keep it under control as well as diet but when my doctor

> first learned of it she was more concerned about bowel problems. She

> suggested a colonoscopy but I really have NO reason to believe this

> isn't connected with the fibroid as I've read that depending on the

> position of the fibroid you can get this symptom. (Mine is 6cm

> intramural).

>

> There is no way I want to submit to a treatment as invasive as a

> colonoscopy without very good cause!! So if there is any validation

> out there in this large group I would appreciate hearing about it:-)

>

> Thanks,

> Holly

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Hello everyone,

>

> I've yet to find someone else who has the problem of constipation

> with her fibroids. Do any of you have this issue and if so, what

are

> you doing about it?

Hi Holly,

Yes! Yes! Yes! This is actually how I found out about my fibroid. I

started having constipation in the mornings, blood in the stool and

then looser bowel movements later in the day. I thought I had

irritable bowel syndrom, so had a colonoscopy about this time last

year (compared to my wisdom teeth..it was a walk in the park). That

doctor said she didn't find anything but clean bowel, some

hemmorroids

(from being constipated, most likely) and something pushing into the

intestines near the secum (lower right abdominal area where the small

and large intestines meet) that could be an ovarian cyst or a

fibroid.

Subsequent tests showed a 3.5 cm intramural fibroid on the front

right portion of my uterus. Basically, sandwiched between my uterus

and bladder (so, yes...feeling of always having to urinate was

present, as well). But what it also did was move my uterus just

enough that it pushed into my intestines and rectum causing the

constipation. My fibroid has grown to 5.2 cm since last year and the

symptoms increased with it. My cousin has a fibroid located on the

back of her uterus pushing right on the rectum and she also has

constipation with sometimes severe pain during bowel movements. So,

yes, this can definitely be a symptom!

As for what I'm doing about it. Well, I also had other symptoms like

heavy periods, abdomen pain and pressure and with the growth spurt of

my fibroid from 3.5 cm in June 2000 to 5.2 cm in September 2000, my

doctor and I agreed that a myomectomy was the way to go (I hope to

have kids someday and the jury is still out on UAE and pregnancy and

I

don't think my insurance covers that anyway).

Lynda

Myomectomy Scheduled: 3/19/01