This is meant to be a SSP thread but I couldnāt work out how to make it social and SSP? Is that a thing? Anyway, I feel like itās an issue a lot of us have to deal with. Not a particularly dignified topic but something most of us deal with.
Anywho!
Iām a person who has a womb and ovaries and because of that, when I have a period itās fucking painful! Really horrendously bad! Ouch!
But also, I make a conscious effort to try and have bran flakes for breakfast, and wholewheat bread, and brown rice, and just generally high fibre carbs but nothing seems to help. I just donāt have nice times when I am in the bathroom. I donāt drink a huge amount of alcohol, I stopped smoking over a year ago, I donāt tend to put anything into myself that you would think would exacerbate this. Iām starting a food diary, but there doesnāt seem to be any obvious factor. I even do turmeric shots and take multivitamins specifically for digestive health!!
Weirdly though, when I have a weekend āoff the wagonā and I drink loads of wine and eat like, Taco Bell or whatever, my bathroom trips seem much easier. Surely thereās no way that my body prefers that to likeā¦ lots of water and vegetables. SURELY.
Anyway. Potentially just speaking for myself here but I donāt think it should be embarrassing that some of us in this life were dealt a hand that means we just have bad poops all the time.
Tell of your poops and poop remedies. Letās talk about it, weāre all friends here
Ooooh! Thank you for the tip!
Iāve seen about them online but hadnāt heard a testimonial from someone that I could be sure existed, but I will 100% order one tomorrow when I get paid.
Donāt worry, I shanāt PM you with my review
This is genuinely wonderful to hear and Iām very pleased for you!
Yeah, during the week I try to limit my dairy intake (nut milks in coffee and cereal etc) but that doesnāt seem to make the blindest bit of difference.
I do enjoy a raw pepper and it makes me VERY ANGRY that a vegetable could be exacerbating issues.
Very much with you on the anxiety front. Should probably refill my medication prescription but I keep getting too anxious to call the doctor. Will do that once Iāve posted this actually, cause that does make it more frequent.
Dunno how to explain it without being really graphic (no one wants that), but itās less that itās bum wee and more that itās justā¦ Laborious?
Him indoors has a diagnosed issue so when I make dinner for us I make sure to make things thatāll be good for his gut health and make it easier for him, but it seems to make mine worse!! Angry!! I want a refund!!
Iāve had a torrid time of it in the last 10 years and all of my own making. Iāll spoiler it but itās a cautionary tale worth reading
Iād had roids for years and was no stranger to large amounts of blood in the toilet. Then one day I had this dull ache in my ass that got steadily worse and worse, the next day I woke up and Iād got a severe anal prolapse in the form of a small passion fruit sized section of intestine popping out my bum star.
I went to the GP and he said it needed surgery but Iād be waiting about 6 months for it. In the meantime I had an injection, some large oily suppositories, a lot of cream and 2 weeks off work sitting on a donut cushion.
6 months later I went under the knife and had it all sorted. I was under general but I was in these stirrups with my legs right up and my hole and bits on display for the pleasure of the surgery team. This was another 2 weeks of donut cushion and pain, then Iāve been ok since.
The kick in the teeth though was seeing the consultant as a follow up and finding out what caused it. It wasnāt bad diet or lifestyle, but id been pooing wrong my whole life. I thought you had to push it out so Iād been straining and squeezing until Iād literally turned myself inside out. Now I just sit down and it comes out.
Iām quite decent re: water tbf, I drink about a litre through the night alone
My exercise isnāt amazing to be fair, Iām a bit of a lump. Try to do 5-30 mins on the onā static bike of an evening but probably only do that four times a week. I donāt drive so I do walk everywhere, but not leaving the house as much as I used to. Exercise would definitely help wouldnāt it?
Would love some advice for firming things up. My standard effort is pretty loose which is always annoying - more wiping, more brushing the toilet etc. Not sure if diet / stress / drinking or what. Only diet thing I notice that has an immediate impact is coffee.
Think I poop less often than I used to because at the office it was something to do, now Iām at home all the time thereās no need.
Also, spoilered for (even more) grossness,
I think because of overwiping thereās sometimes blood there, itās not in the poo or a haemorrhoid (I think?) just like a recurring spot where itās irritated enough to bleed. Maybe should see a doc idk
Re: the grossness, yeah happens to me sometimes when itās a āwetterā period. It is annoying. I end up putting E45 cream on my arsehole to try to help it recover and stuff.
@kermitwormit Iām honestly unsure what a ābadā trip to the loo is. Are you just saying itās a lot of strain?
Personally my issue these days is that I seem to not always be able to finish my wee off properly. I am often having to get up and do a final bit of a piss into the bowl. Iām not sure what causes that. Probably age?
But yeah, sometimes itās a strain but mostly itās on the wetter end of the scale for me. I have a lot of poos in a day I think. Like 2 or more normally.
Given that Iām two hours away from starting fasting for a colonoscopy tomorrow I donāt really know where Iād start with this thread, but suffice to say thereās a whole lot can go wrong in baffling ways. Currently wondering if maybe I have a stomach ulcer.
thanks 