So, I’m in the toilet, taking a leak when all of a sudden I get this terrible abdominal pain that kind of feels like my insides were being tightened with string somehow.
It was all across my stomach and then stopped after about 10 seconds.
Any ideas?
The worst pain I ever suffered was a bowel spasm, which sounds similar.
But I am not a qualified medical practitioner. Please see a doctor!
Urine cancer. I bet you have less than a week to live…
IANAD.
Colicky abdominal pain is occasionally described in terms similar to those you use.
In this situation, the smooth muscles of various portions of the large intestine tighten up in one area, while other segments of the colon may get quite stretched out due to the constriction of other segments.
This is usually a benign phenomenon, but may represent a more serious disorder at times; especially of these symptoms recur frequently.
If symptoms persist, consult your health practitioner.
Oh, and IAAMD
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Qadgop, I can’t decide what’s the coolest thing about you - your name, the fact that you’re a doctor and willing to talk about medical issues, or the fact that your daughter Elfbabe (who is adolescent if not adult) seems quite happy to hang out (at least some of the time) at the same message board as her father - a rare feat these days.
Oh, and you also seem to be a nice guy. Amazing.
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You know those rumours of Hitler’s suicide? Well…
Thanks, Oy!. But I try to remember not to give advice, just to discuss various medical issues.
And I only seem like a nice guy here, cuz elfbabe (young adult) reads whatever I post, so I have to keep my darker side under wraps.
Lobsang, I have no idea what you’re talking about. But that’s not unusual. 
It’s his extensive knowledge of Tolkien. 
Oh, God! Now I’m going to have to track him down so I can bear his children!
Aha.
Well although Qadgop knows more about Middle Earth than me, nevertheless I was a member of the Tolkien Society and did get a letter from Professor Tolkien.
So how you doin’? 
Holy crap! I get these pains all the time. It usually occurs late at night, for some reason, and then I will get unGodly pain in my abdomen. The first couple of times I thought it might have been a kindey stone. It is then always followed by me, on the can, in a lot of pain, with “stuff” coming out of me. I think we’ll leave it at that.
Seriously, this happens at least once a month, but I never thought it was any kind of thing, just random pain associated with the…uhhh…“stuff” (I hate the d-word SO much I refuse to type it.)
I’ve had this happen to me a couple of times. It happened after holding it in for way too long then putting too much pressure on my bladder. I always thought it was just a bladder spasm of sorts from straining it so much.
But IANAD, so what do I know…
Hope all is OK.
DoperChic