plz anyone here suggest me the true meaning of spasms! i m one month out from takedown my pouch is silent in morning and night but it’s very active in evening after lunch and it’s make me go crazy! after going washroom for few seconds i feel it’s empty but after 10 minutes i went again this happen is n evening and its like rapid fire machine! plz only positive response!
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And it’s end with bursts!
I am not sure what you mean by tru meaning
I am 30+ days out from 2nd takedown and my life is exactly you describe. My nights are miserable with one BM after another. Imodium is the only thing that works for me. I am comparing it to my IBS days before UC.
pains, spasms and frequency are almost the same. It’s hard to believe I am back to this life. For lack of diagnoses I am calling it irritable pouch syndrome.
bro i confirm this with my surgeon he told me it’s normal! if spasms imodium not work in this it’s just made my stool to hard so i avoid it!
LOL my surgeon says it normal also. Easy for them to say. Give it more time he says.
i agree the Imodium makes everything too hard. I would like to stop the Imodium but the pain and spasms and frequency are too much for me right now and my butt hurts. I am stuck in this cycle until GI scopes me and can put a diagnosis around this and alternative treatment,
bro before that i want like you in night but not now just 2 to 3 times in night!
dnt give up it’s get better with time just hang on ! i will bet after sometime you reply here i m too good now!
Pankaj,
I really appreciate your good thoughts and enthusiasm around this. Everyone says it gets better.
I long for the day when I can proudly announce that my outcome has improved and my jpouch works as intended.
at this point, while whining gets me a a lot of sympathy, there is absolutely nothing in my control at this point that will change the final outcome. I pray my jpouch will stabilize and my pouch and I will have a long and happy life together.
ps. I had a lobster roll with butter for lunch today. I will be paying up for this in a few hours. LOL 😆
Bentyl works good for spasms.
lauren plz explain spasms symptoms and why this happen is this normal !
@Pankaj posted:lauren plz explain spasms symptoms and why this happen is this normal !
Here is a website on spasms: https://www.healthgrades.com/r...s-and-muscles/spasms
I cannot explain why this happens honestly. I know sometimes it can be caused by anxiety, stress, surgery, not exercising, dehydration, but that is about all I know about that, sorry- I hope this helps you.
OK, first you need to understand the difference between muscle spasms in the gut and muscle spasms in other areas. There are 3 different type of muscle fibers:
1. smooth muscle (as seen in the intestines)
2. skeletal (as seen in your arms, legs and spine)
3. cardiac (in your heart)
These different muscle types have different functions and properties. Smooth muscle in the gut is in constant wavelike motion. If it moves too fast or not coordinated, you get painful cramps. Anticholinergic medications like Bentyl work to calm these muscles. Sphincters can spasm too, so that they refuse to relax and allow the passage of stool. Both of these sorts of spasms lead to crampy pain. The cause can be pouchitis, SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth), IPS (irritable pouch syndrome), food intolerances, or food poisoning.
Jan 
