NO Bowel movement in a week. Catscan shows nothing!!!?

Question

well, I couldnt go to the bathroom for almost a week. My doctor perscribed a Catscan. Before the catscan i tried an enema and laxatives to no effect. Both went in and out without anything accompanying them.
Catscan came back and was completely negative. I drank 10 ounces of Magnesuim Citrate recommended by my docoter as the best way to clear my intestinal track. Only liquid came out. Nothing solid at all and I've been eating two to three full meals a day.
What could this possible be? Stress? IBS? Im supposed to drive across country tomorrow. SHould I go?

Answer 1

I know this is going to scare you. My sister recently died . She had very similar symptoms. Turned out she had pancreatic cancer and the tumor had restricted her alimentary canal. Doctors didn't know what was wrong until her colon ruptured.

Answer 2

That's a tough one. The first thing I was going to ask was are you on a liquid diet?? But you are not. If there was any stool in your bowel, you would have gotten rid of it with the laxative. As to any other bowel problem, your doctor should be doing tests for these. You should feel pretty tired and listless by now and not have much energy. Has this happened before? As far as the trip goes, I would say go for it. Nothing is going to happen if it hasn't happened already.

Answer 3

Are you sure there's no impaction (stool that's in your lower rectal vault)? Glove up and check if you haven't already. All the laxatives in the world won't help if you have blockage there. You mentioned driving cross country. Are you a trucker? If so, maybe sitting all the time has interfered with nerve endings in the area. If so, you might try a suppository like dulcolax. I'm also assuming that the CT scan showed nothing like bowel obstruction or strangulation.

Answer 4

what did the doc say? you know when there is stuff going in and nothing comming out, there is some thing wrong, lots of stuff they can do!

Answer 5

do you feel ill?