Any pain severe enough to cause waking should be discussed with your doctor.
Gallstones often present with middle of the night, "bearing down" pain. And
that is just one option.
If its bad enought to wake you up in the middle of the night, its severe
enough to need more tests.
--
Margaret
>However, my concern is recently I have
>been having really bad pain in my colon, enough that it wakes me up in
>the middle of the night.