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Posted 3/25/2011 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hey everyone. Hope your Friday morning is good.

I would like to ask you guys if you've had this happen to you: On March 10 I had a flex sig to see if irregularity was either caused by some patches of inflammation or the medication wasn't working. Doc said I'm ok, and it was possibly caused by me not eating enough bulky foods. Since my sig I've had normal formed stools until this morning.
On the 22nd and the 23rd I had no movements for those days. Usually that only happens once, but not twice in a row. I also tested myself on certain foods on the 23rd. I had some nachos that day.
However, yesterday I had two normal long stools in the morning. But this morning I had two type 6 stools. Loose, very much in pieces and mushy, but still had some formed bits. The movements were also light in colour.
Would this possibly be caused by my body not having enough time to absorb the water from my stools, thus making them watery and less formed?

I was thrilled to have normalcy again, now I'm a bit worried about this.
Posted 3/25/2011 3:08 PM (GMT 0)
if your flex sig came up clean then what you are experiencing sounds very much like IBS. If you do have IBS it is not uncommon to experience the extremes of constipation and diarrhea. I myself had very loose stools a few days ago (couldn't really explain it) and now I am desperately eating more fiber and drinking more water to try to ease the constipation I am experiencing. smhair

Post Edited (MaxMilian) : 3/25/2011 9:24:31 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/25/2011 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting. I'm not sure it would be IBS though, because I haven't had any signs of constipation, unless the two days of me not going. But my stools were perfectly normal and formed the two days after.
It's unfortunately really when we had normalcy and bam, we get something like this.

Hope you get back to normal Max.
Posted 3/25/2011 8:04 PM (GMT 0)
Hi,

I just had a flex scope this morning . I posted earlier today. My GI said the immflamation wasn't bad but since I was having loose ( soft- not formed) stools the last few months as well as urgency issues, I probably have IBS. So now I am doing a food diary to figure out what causes problems for me. I also had about 5 days of normal stools about 2 weeks ago, but back to barely formed stools for the last 2 weeks. You might want to try doing a journal and research IBS, since it sounds like we are having some of the same problems. He told me it can be either loose stools or constipation and it can change from one to the other based on the food and stress in your life. I am going to try some fiber supplements as see if it helps.

Posted 3/25/2011 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't needed to keep a journal because I've been eating similar foods since my scope. The only food item I changed was testing out those nachos, which I'll never do again.
I know that people who have IBS can go less frequently when having constipation, but I'm not sure if my symptoms correlate with it or not. Yesterday my stools were normal. No straining, blood, urgency. I didn't have urgency when my stools were loose this morning. I only have mild cramping whenever I have to go, which is normal for me. Even some stomach gurgling is down to a minimum, which is also normal.
Could it simply have been that my stool didn't have enough time to form?

Lawest, what kind of fiber supplements would you recommend? I've been interested in taking psyllium husk powder, but I'm not sure if the husk or the seed would be better. I've also talked to my doc and I don't have to worry about it effecting my Imuran.
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