Pooing regularity

Two Tone · 19-06-2016 06:41PM

fryup wrote: »

stay away from peanut butter folks,

its one sure way of getting constipated

Thought nuts were high in fibre?

Fred Swanson · 19-06-2016 06:57PM

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PucaMama · 19-06-2016 11:06PM

failinis wrote: »

Sounds..delightful - but if it could uncover whats wrong and I can manage then whats wrong then its only positive.
Never thought I would be wanting a colonoscopy and such investigations
The endoscopy was horrific enough.
I have excluded wheat, fibre (soluble and non soluble at different times), dairy stuff and with little to no improvement or things get worse.
Gluten triggers severe stomach/gut aches sometimes and horrendous bloating, I would look 4 months pregnant within hours.
No craic this stuff is.

I was sedated for the colonoscopy but had to push for sedation for the sigmoidoscopy which annoyed the nurse for some bizarre reason. She done something wrong applying the "cleansing" before it and I ended up bleeding for ages. Unpleasant experience and now I don't want to have any more tests.

kfallon · 19-06-2016 11:07PM

You could set your watch by my arse, I'm as regular as a Kennedy funeral!

failinis · 19-06-2016 11:41PM

PucaMama wrote: »

failinis wrote: »

Sounds..delightful - but if it could uncover whats wrong and I can manage then whats wrong then its only positive.
Never thought I would be wanting a colonoscopy and such investigations
The endoscopy was horrific enough.
I have excluded wheat, fibre (soluble and non soluble at different times), dairy stuff and with little to no improvement or things get worse.
Gluten triggers severe stomach/gut aches sometimes and horrendous bloating, I would look 4 months pregnant within hours.
No craic this stuff is.

I was sedated for the colonoscopy but had to push for sedation for the sigmoidoscopy which annoyed the nurse for some bizarre reason. She done something wrong applying the "cleansing" before it and I ended up bleeding for ages. Unpleasant experience and now I don't want to have any more tests.

Sedated means a bit doppy and drugged but not knocked out? Do you remember anything and was it painful (colon one)?

I knew someone who got it done who just said it was very dehumainsing and a sore arse she could not sit down for a few days

Is a sig down throat and into small intestine or up your back passage into smaller gut?

Im sorry you were left so shaken/lost trust you don't want any more tests.

Fred Swanson · 19-06-2016 11:48PM

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failinis · 19-06-2016 11:54PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

I had a colonoscopy last year and they had me wide awake for it. Wasn't painful at all. There is a little discomfort when air is blown inside to stretch out the colon. You just have a bad dose of the farts afterwards. Had no problems sitting down either.

Nice to know that if I don't get that option its not painful.
To be fair the endoscopy was not painful just sheer panic due to finding it hard to breathe and near constant vomiting for 10min straight.
If anyone needs and endo, take the sedated option!!
This friend said the enema thing was a lot to deal with before hand but they were knocked right out with gas and just could not sit for almost a week

I know if I ask my GP they will likely say yes for a colonoscopy and such. My mother has severe bowel and fertility problems linked to lesions and cysts.
Mentally preparing ha.

cbyrd · 20-06-2016 12:03AM

2 litres of water a day and no bananas or grains. Dairy makes me double in pain but I'm not lactose intolerant. It's the protein..
Constipation is best cured by water, either fizzy or flat. Enough of it and everything floats away..

Water John · 20-06-2016 12:05AM

Watched that doc on BBC 2 on poo transfusion. Interesting.
Also UCC doing a lot of research on gut bacteria. There is a pill they market called Alflorex, I think. No prescription required. People with other conditions, Parkinsons, MS, finding it quite helpful.
Slightly off topic. But at one euro a day it may benefit some.

magentis · 20-06-2016 12:17AM

Ah the memories!
I had a colonoscopy done a few years ago in the mater.The woman doing it was sound.Nothing like seeing your back passage on the big screen.She had a fair look around up there and prob went a bit ott with the air to blow things open.
So I came out of the room it was done in and I had savage cramps,but thought they would go.
Big mistake.I dived into a toilet at the jammed waiting room,which had 5 or 6 oul wans sitting right outside the door and farted the loudest most violent vicious farts of my life non stop for 15 minutes,whilst laughing hysterically thinking of the oul wans the other side of the paper thin door.

caille · 20-06-2016 12:22AM

PMSL here!! I can just picture the scene :-() Thanks for the laugh and for chasing away my Sunday night blues.

caille · 20-06-2016 12:27AM

On a more serious note, I find eating a good amount of fruit and veg every day has me in pretty good nick, bowel wise. If I neglect this though (when on holidays, have a cold, am very stressed), I suffer greatly, so I have learned the hard way that its best to keep this up.

Activated charcoal works well too, safer than laxatives and natural as well, any pharmacy or health food shop sells them. Also, a big pint of luke warm water, first thing in the morning, the heat of the water opens up the old pipes.

caille · 20-06-2016 12:33AM

failinis wrote: »

I don't know anyone who has had it done, but from my general reading on IBS and other things seen it come up, apparently its a "common" procedure with 96% success rate. It sounds hellish, maybe see if its available in ROI/NI?
From what I just seen on the NHS website, its after you have it more than 8 weeks and other treatments have failed - yours sounds like one of those as you have had it so long

I have a relative who has had it done, and fairly quickly as well, I can't believe you have been left for years suffering like this. The operation does work, just you have to keep your BMs soft and smooth afterwards for some time to prevent opening up the fissure again.

This was meant for the first poster, who posted about being in pain.

PucaMama · 20-06-2016 12:38AM

failinis wrote: »

Sedated means a bit doppy and drugged but not knocked out? Do you remember anything and was it painful (colon one)?

I knew someone who got it done who just said it was very dehumainsing and a sore arse she could not sit down for a few days

Is a sig down throat and into small intestine or up your back passage into smaller gut?

Im sorry you were left so shaken/lost trust you don't want any more tests.

Both are in the back passage. I was awake but very drugged for colonoscopy. No pain with it at all. But when they sedated me for the sigmoidoscopy I fell asleep!! I actually fell asleep laughing. Would love to know what they gave me. The sigmoidoscopy was the only one to cause me pain (because of the accident before it) and to be honest after the colonoscopy I felt great because of the cleansing for the 24 hours before.

failinis · 20-06-2016 12:41AM

PucaMama wrote: »

failinis wrote: »

Sedated means a bit doppy and drugged but not knocked out? Do you remember anything and was it painful (colon one)?

I knew someone who got it done who just said it was very dehumainsing and a sore arse she could not sit down for a few days

Is a sig down throat and into small intestine or up your back passage into smaller gut?

Im sorry you were left so shaken/lost trust you don't want any more tests.

Both are in the back passage. I was awake but very drugged for colonoscopy. No pain with it at all. But when they sedated me for the sigmoidoscopy I fell asleep!! I actually fell asleep laughing. Would love to know what they gave me. The sigmoidoscopy was the only one to cause me pain (because of the accident before it) and to be honest after the colonoscopy I felt great because of the cleansing for the 24 hours before.

Well you guys have reassured me a bit (because I know that is the next step in investigations) that its just a little embrassing, very gassy and not very painful.

If you are wrong I will find you, and I will force you to eat whatever you are intolerant to

PucaMama · 20-06-2016 01:52AM

failinis wrote: »

Well you guys have reassured me a bit (because I know that is the next step in investigations) that its just a little embrassing, very gassy and not very painful.

If you are wrong I will find you, and I will force you to eat whatever you are intolerant to

I hope you get all the help you need

don't worry about the gassy bit I've been the nurse on the other side too they have seen and heard far worse than a bit of gas!

Everyone else with intolerances, I'm lactose intolerant, I can have tiny amounts of normal milk and a slightly bigger amount of cheese before I start reacting but I can eat all the yoghurts I want? Is there less lactose in them??

evolving_doors · 20-06-2016 02:34AM

The amount of sense being talked here is too goddam high.
If we could get back to the toilet humour that'd be great.

JupiterKid · 20-06-2016 03:06AM

I have colitis so basically it's sometimes 5 - 6 times a day or sometimes nothing at all.

I wouldn't wish it in my worst enema(y)!

Supergurrier · 20-06-2016 03:39AM

I only make them white Olde time poo's

You remember them like the dogs used to make back yonder

Water John · 20-06-2016 11:49AM

Puca, I wonder about could you tolerate A2 milk. Its not available here only in the UK ATM. They are ambivalent about claims for it.

La.de.da · 20-06-2016 12:56PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I have colitis so basically it's sometimes 5 - 6 times a day or sometimes nothing at all.

I wouldn't wish it in my worst enema(y)!

Same as. If it's bad can be up to ten times a day with associating blinding cramps.
Most of my travel plans are done knowing where bathrooms are just in case.

PucaMama · 20-06-2016 02:51PM

Water John wrote: »

Puca, I wonder about could you tolerate A2 milk. Its not available here only in the UK ATM. They are ambivalent about claims for it.

What's A2 milk? At the minute I can only drink avonmores lactose free milk

cowboyBuilder · 20-06-2016 04:20PM

FortySeven wrote: »

There is a a lot of positive research into poo donation. A reverse colonic irrigation using someone else's poo. It seems to be curing a lot of people with various problems. The donated poo is blended with water and pumped into the person with the issue and the bacteria sort themselves out.

Sounds horrific but similar to a blood transfusion.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6_cf32JTN7onlXSKQfpiMOXi8DRTLptH7GzLI66GHKLMgFMt2VA

20-06-2016 04:40PM

God I thought my troubles were in the minority.

I've never been able to get a proper handle on my Ibs because it's so inconsistent. There aren't any particular foods I know I have to avoid. It's when my belly is crampy for no particular reason I can think off, I might have eaten very little, it doesn't matter, that's when I know that certain foods will be a really bad idea.

Now maybe this crampy discomfort will go away if I cut out all of the bold things I like for good. But then I could have chips and a can of coke tonight and be grand. Tomorrow night I could have the same thing and not be grand. Also I can't drink alcohol after food.

Then there is the bloating and waking up in the morning looking pregnant, again there are no definite triggers. Alas I let my health insurance lapse so no colonoscopies for me

r93kaey5p2izun · 20-06-2016 04:56PM

I also have IBS but it's not junk food or even grains that upsets me, it's fruit and veg. It's a complete nightmare and completely rules my life. Current investigations seem to be suggesting it's all down to endometriosis.

irishguitarlad · 20-06-2016 04:58PM

Im so constipated that it looks like ive a hernia!

La.de.da · 20-06-2016 06:34PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Im so constipated that it looks like ive a hernia!

Gods love ya.

Get yourself some klean prep.

Sort that right out.

Gael23 · 20-06-2016 08:03PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Im so constipated that it looks like ive a hernia!

Get yourself to your GP. I had distension too and didn't do anything, ended up with an imp toon which was the worst pain I've ever experienced. You'll need prescription laxatives .

razorblunt · 20-06-2016 08:09PM

I went down some white water rapids on Saturday head first and I think I caught dysentry!

Since midnight last night, I'm in the high teens for number of trips to the loo.

Stigura · 20-06-2016 08:50PM

razorblunt wrote: »

I think I caught dysentry!

Excellent, isn't it? Mate and I were working on an isolated site, one time. There were no facilities and they'd brought on a big tank ~ looking back? Disconcertingly similar to a Muck Spreader .... :eek:

I think the other lads dropped crates of 7 Up in it, to keep it cool? Scouse and I were new on site. It was blazing hot. We were just glad there was a water source.

Walking home one day. Completely out of the blue, Scouse screamed at me for a loo. I said there was one inside the street opposite. Whoosh! Like some scene from an action hero film, Scouse was weaving in and out of traffic on a very busy road. Practically leaping over bonnets. Racing head long for the street over the way.

I've just stood there. Pedestrians bustling around me like an anonymous stream of humanity. I was completely bemused. What in hells name had got into Scouse?

Then, my stomach clenched. My sphincter screamed " MAYDAY!!! " and I threw myself into the flow of traffic, going like Usaine Bolt!!!

Amoebic Dysentary; Guaranteed to break the ice at parties.

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