Diarrhea Survey

Some days I have no bowel movement (BM) in that day. But some days I could have 3-5 BM in a day.  Most of the time, I have 1 BM in one day.  So I voted 1 to 2.

Some days even when I have only one bowel movement in a day but if it is loose, I started to become a little worried.  I would like to see it formed.  So I would take precation in my diet when I have a loose BM.  If I have no BM in 2 days, I would eat a lot of vegetables/fruit to make it a move.

i didnt have D problems after starting the makers diet. i was dropping the kids off at the pool like 2-4 times per day, depending on the size of my meals and physical activity. but imho this is normal. you should be making a deposit after every meal. think about it - you need to evacuate the system to make room for the food you just ate. it is actually shown that your body is stimulated to lay some cable about a half an hour or so after a meal. i find it odd that the US medical community states constipation is sitting on the thrown less than 2 times per week. how was that number arrived at? the average person carpet bombs about 2 times per week. if it was set any higher, the majority of the country would be diagnosed as constipated. now i am surprised it isnt raised to at least 3 times per week cos then they could see us all more pills and drugs.

i had a colonoscopy in the middle of this past june. ever since then i've been having D that comes and goes every few days. the OTC clogger would work for a few days, and then it would return. now it doesnt see to work at all any more. looks like i need to see my GI cos some how that prep messed up my system. totally sucks. ugh.

Crazy - your post cracked me up. Love the references. And about the definition of constipation - I think it is odd too. One of my best friends goes 1/week. But she never feels sick and never feels the need to go more. Her doc said it is perfectly fine. I was shocked. I can't imagine how big a 1/week poop must be. Heaven forbid she ever have to do a scope prep.

You should have put one more field. "No two days the same". Every day is different for me. I'll go 2-3 days with nothing. Then have 6-8 butt pees. then the next day normal. Then back to nothing. It drives me nuts. I guess you might way I'm irregular. Heehee

I average 6-8 most days but when flaring badly it can be as many as 20-30.

There are times that it is over 30 times a day in my worse flare.

Normally I would vote C, but the past few weeks I've actually had at least 1 a day! Yeah me!!! Maybe this means I'm healthy right now??

I have also gone 30+ times a day during severe activity but still not necessarily all D.

:)