i have alot of nuromuscolur diseases and wont get into it now. i use to have a daily bowel and about 6 months ago i started having one every 4 to 5 days with abdominal pain that bends me over. havent went to doc yet for i can take any more bad news. also i seem to urinated every 10 minutes when i never did that before. any suggestions. :confused:

Hi Michelle:
I would suggest seeing a GI specialist. i've had every test out there and all are negative. I have IBS with Constipation for over 3yrs. Bad bad stomach pains, bloating, I can urinate every 5 minutes sometimes. I get up sometimes 5x a night to urniate. :confused:
well, after having 2 colonoscopies...the first being fine then 2yrs later finding scar tissue/ hemmorhoids that weren't getting smaller I had them removed surgically and have been regular since. I had the surgery which was outpatient and easy (for me) July 30th 2004...good luck
Hope you start feeling better!! Stress can play a major role in our stomach's and gut. Has anything recently changed in your life that could cause your irregularity??
RP :wave:

Hi there, actually came to this board to look for something when I saw your post. I have major stress and at times, anxiety. The way you just described it, sounds to me like that as well. I have had the same problems for years. Nothing in my body is regular anymore. You should probably see the doctor if you have a medical history to begin with, but urinating very frequently especially sounds to me like anxiety. Good luck! :wave:

Are you sure you are not suffering from Diverticulitis? This is the condition I have at the moment and will need an op soon. My symptoms are similar to yours. The specialist found out that the Diverticular disease had causede a Fistula bewteen my Sigmoid Colon and my bowel. In other words, there is a connection between the colon and the bladder and a small pasage way has developed. So I get minute amounts of body waste into the bladder - resulting in bladder infections that see me having to urinate regulalry. Getting up many times in the middle of the night etc, and then often only a few drops come out.

What you are describing could be attributable to several conditions, including the one I have described. Get yourself checked. Trust me, the checks they do are not painful, just uncomfortable perhaps. If they have to operate, then perhaps you can worry about pain isues.