Fecal Impaction (?) 2+ Months and Counting - Tried Everything
Hi, made an account just for this since I’ve been backed up since late February (tomorrow is May) and have tried EVERYTHING I can at home and am losing hope so fast.
I (23F) had some blood test results in Jan that led me to go vegan/plant based starting in Feb. I’ve always eaten pretty high fiber and such, but it’s possible this switch messed w my digestion. Essentially, for about 3 weeks I was having loose bowel movements and felt a mass sitting in the middle of my abdomen, but with some abdominal massaging and laxatives, I felt it physically shift!! It was great, but that was in March and that mass has yet to come out…
I’ve been having bowel movements so I know it’s not totally impacted which is great, but with that thing in the way and my daily MiraLax, they’ve been very liquidy. Last week they looked like inch long strings, this week it’s just spurts of liquid. I do get the urge to go when taking so much osmotic laxative, but it’s just not normal, if that makes sense.
Things I’ve tried up to this point:
- Miralax (3 doses a day, 2 a day, once a day)
- Full 10oz of magnesium citrate
- Squatty potty + “moo breathing”
- Hot drinks only
- Senna tea
- Lots of water (1/2-1 full gallon a day)
- Liquid only fasts
- Soft food diet
- Daily exercise
- Fleet saline enemas (4 now, I think)
- Fleet mineral oil enema (2)
- Fleet glycerin suppositories (1)
- Bisacodyl suppositories (3)
Nothing has worked. Im losing hope. I have no severe symptoms (vomiting, fever, blood, etc.), so I haven’t gone to the doctor yet, but I’ve scheduled an appointment at an urgent care in 2 days, however I feel they will just tell me to take more enemas and laxatives. This has been hell—it causes me constant anxiety and stress and has kept me tied to the bathroom everyday for weeks. It’s been so much. The only physical symptoms I have besides the impaction itself are sometimes I get an aching in my lower left abdomen/back ( I suppose the blockage is in my sigmoid colon as it is not in my rectum), and heartburn if I go days without a laxative and continue to eat normally (Im assuming from the backup of food).
The only thing I haven’t tried has been a full colonoscopy prep bc I don’t have two days to be constantly shitting water out of my ass since I work fully in person. The magnesium citrate was bad enough. Maybe I’ll see if the urgent care can give me an X-ray? idek what that would help.
I don’t know really why I’m writing but I keep reading posts where people have what I do, but they come out just fine after an enema or mag citrate. I really wanted to avoid it, but today was my final try before going to the doctor, and I’m just so out of hope. I just want to cry. I want this out of me, and my asshole is in pain from all the shit being stuck up there and all the squeezing for nothing. It just feels like it’s too big to even leave my ass!!!! I think I’m just fed up and looking for comfort. Any advice that helps me avoid the hospital would be sooo great lol.
Thanks for reading, wish me luck and send me good poop vibes.
Edit: I’ve never had a history of constipation or digestion issues besides when traveling and 1 cup of senna always does the trick. This is VERY out of character so I went into it ill prepared.