But gastroparesis is the monster from hell. He is a merciful God. The feeling of your colon getting filled by water was a tad bit weird but i really felt the need to go at the time so it already felt uncomfortable down there. I apologize but I don't quite get the warm towel thing, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT? All of a sudden felt major pressure, I know it wasn't me because I had no strength to push and was I deep pain. My rear still hurts a hour later from straining. One thing you may try is to submerge her rear end in warm water, this may help to break down the hard stool. While in the situation on the toilet or the shower, push on the perineum or put a finger or two in the vagina and push the wall so the stool has nowhere else to go but out. 1) baking soda and warm water like, it's there but it won't come out. I can understand the hard time going through.? Which is not a sitting position where it has to do a 90 degree bend. I was in so much pain and so uncomfortable! HELP! Tried the cold compresses. I then got out my phone to look on the internet for a solution, - going to the pharmacy to buy medication was out of the question. My poor baby! I hope this works for me and I will try anything. While doing this just bare down just a little and you will will surprised how well it works. I tried warm water with aloe juice, lemon juice, some fibre (potatoes), nothing worked. However does need help. I was desperate, soi went and bought an enema for a couple bucks and it worked in like a minute or two.i was super uncomfortable with the idea of putting something up my butt, but it was seriously fine, it didn't hurt or feel weird at ALL, it just slid in very easily. I got laxative which it did nothing, and had a rectum liquid that did the job.. Took about 15 minutes but it finally worked. I literally almost died from poop refusing to release still laughing who gets admitted for poop back up If anyone is on the same situation that I was and if you don't want to try an enema or touching yourself with gloves (that I didn't have), you may actually want to drink lots and lots of water and do some walking. I told my wife to throw those protein shakes away. I deeply sympathize with all the sufferers. Hot towel suggestion worked like a charm. Okay so I know this thread is old, but I ended up here yesterday after panicking due to an impacted stool. Your internal anal sphincter muscle is entirely involuntary, meaning that it works without your conscious input. Please be very careful doing this, and always get a professional to do this for you if you can. This scares me that as I get older I won't be able to do this on my own. The fluid is so damn painful in my fissure that i began having tear drops. I just wanted to say thank you SO MUCH doctor! Note: The underwear kept cloth/towel in place. In other words, 1/3 molasses, 2/3 milk. I had a full day of misery and, at the age of 64, have NEVER had such a problem. In public restrooms I can be discreet with the gloves on and reach down and help it along (I know it sounds gross). Your cat’s bowel movements change as he ages. Get ahold of an enema bottle, take the top off and dump all of the saline water out. Take a glass of milk and warm slightly in the microwave--again not hot, just warm--and fill up the remaining two thirds of the enema bottle. God is good. I tried to use a enema but couldn't put the lube in far enough and it burned. I was getting scared; it had been 3 days where pushing like crazy didn't do a thing. My experience was very to the point as yours in this horrific bowel experience. I have never heard that before. I'm experiencing the same thing going on five hours now! When I try to poop all that comes out is blood. But again, it wouldn't budge. God bless you. I have lived with multiple sclerosis for over 30 years and I've only had gastroparesis for about 5 years. Good luck. It sucks that they don't believe us. Poop Won't Come Out, What Can You Do? Down the throat, not up the butt. So I'm writing this two days after the whole ordeal as I'm finally able to sit up again and I apologize for the long story but I just had to get this horrible experience out somewhere. OMG I'm so grateful for this forum...I was literally stuck on the toilet for 2 hours about to pass out from exhaustion from all the straining. I tried going to the bathroom so many times but nothing worked. But as turns out, today I finally feel the need to go to toilet and then... lots of pain trying hard to pass a stool and nothing. I cannot get my poo out as its to big no matter how much i press it just won’t come out. Thanks for your advice. Very scary experience. Hope these words help. But the pain is excruciating. I sat on my bathroom floor and shoved the nozzel up my ass and squeezed a decent amount of water into my butt. An examination of sticky poop, including whether or not it is normal. Once they do have a bowel movement they can continue having a normal bowel movement for about a week or two but then it builds back up. I am so thankful for finding this web page and reading your solution. Then when everything started working, I threw the moist pad away and put the wet but clean towel into the wash. And yes these are quite rewarding poops when they finally come out. Not saying it's for everybody all of the time, but if you are basically healthy with no serious muscular diseases, it sure is worth a try. How are you doing now? My prayers go out to anyone who suffers from gastroparesis. It hurt and I’m home alone and I don’t know what to do. On a daily basis I take pain medicine which causes constipation also, I have IBS and all my life suffered with constipation. I decided to not let my Saturday go to waste and met up w my poor family for breakfast ... as they were waiting to eat breakfast since 7 am. I got it all! Also drink lots of water and take laxatives to build pressure. Of course, I find it best not to put myself in that position in the first place. So I resorted to the warm towel compress and after about 3 minutes...WA-lahh. So, I drank a glass of water, then a glass of orange juice (oj is a natural laxative). Happily I do not have a long term problem with constipation, but I did not have a motion yesterday and today I could feel the strong urge to go, but nothing would come. Thank you! Believe me, I've used them all extensively. For now the last think I want to do is make a bowel movemet. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the shittingadvice community. I thought it was going to be the most painful BM ever, but it wasn't bad. From my IPad (safari) I now realize that my condition is due to intusussception which is enveloping a part of my colon ( like a telescope).i am now 84 yrs old and healthy, but have decided to live with it for whatever years I have left. I had done intestine checking before. i feel like i'm giving birth. They are only 21 :( Please Help! OMG thank you Jesus that was so horrible. Did you ever get this fixed? It's not something most gastroenterologists would think of, especially male doctors. A 23-year-old male asked: i have a hard stool. I tried using supository too. Okay? This could be fatal.! And guys god will help you if you only ask. Oh my God this stool was stuck up there for a week and when I saw you should squat, I tried it. Next time, you might want to do what I did, as follows: Anyway, I had this problem once. Tried a bit of the finger pick technique and took Miralax which I later read wouldn't much help the stool which had already reached my rectum. As soon as I arrived to diner I felt like coming back and was about to do an olive oil enema when I got the urge after five to eight pulses, the poop started to come out although I had to pull some out with a latex glove. I’m so anxious poop won’t come out this time it feels substantial. I endured it, but was very close to going to the ER.Here is what worked for me. I was amazed at how much I could feel internally. It did take them months to get back to normal, but considering that I had been dealing with it for so long, it seemed like a quick change. Thank so much for this, we need more ppl like you. I have used this method the few times that I have had an impacted stool since then with equally effective results. (This is not an advertisement, as I don't work for that company!) I have known people to do this themselves and given themselves Anal fissures. After that really hard block, others hard (but tiny) blocks also came out. 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