Body and symptoms
Constipation and gut
Unglamorous, universal, and worth talking about properly.
Nobody wants this circle to exist and everybody needs it. Slowed gut transit is one of the most common effects and one of the least discussed, and it makes people miserable for months longer than necessary because they will not raise it.
Raise it here. It is extremely ordinary and there is a lot to say.
Who this circle is for
- Things have slowed down and you are uncomfortable
- You want to know what is worth asking a pharmacist about
- You have a routine that works and can describe it
Agreements here
- Plain words, no euphemism, no embarrassment
- Anything sounding like an obstruction goes to a clinician immediately
Nine days and I finally rang the pharmacist
Tamzin16 replies
Nine days and I finally rang the pharmacist Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. Squeamish subject, so I am going to be plain about it and get it over with. I have…
Alternating between two extremes and finding no middle
Gwyth9 replies
A question rather than an update: Alternating between two extremes and finding no middle Something is going on with my body and I would like to know whether it is ordinary. The thing that…
Why I keep a two-line diary about this
Perry12 replies
Something I have been sitting with: Why I keep a two-line diary about this Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out…
My old IBS has come back and I do not know whose fault it is
Pam7 replies
Southport. Paper diary, I do not trust apps, and for once the paper diary has been the useful thing rather than an eccentricity. I had IBS badly from about 1998 to 2015. The urgent kind. I…
Talking to my GP without dying of embarrassment
Vera18 replies
Talking to my GP without dying of embarrassment — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure…
What changed when I got my fluid intake up properly
Odessa14 replies
A question rather than an update: What changed when I got my fluid intake up properly Squeamish subject, so I am going to be plain about it and get it over with. I have written down what…
Nine days. I am not going to be euphemistic about it
Bertie8 replies
Retired teacher, Harrogate, marking my own homework now, and I have given myself a poor grade this fortnight. Nine days. I will spare the room the detail beyond that, except to say that…
What my pharmacist suggested and why she asked about fluids first
Odessa19 replies
A question rather than an update: What my pharmacist suggested and why she asked about fluids first I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure embarrassment. My prescriber…
The week I ended up in the walk-in centre
Gwyth17 replies
The week I ended up in the walk-in centre Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. Before anyone says it: yes, I have an appointment booked. I would still like to hear…
Fibre supplements and timing them around the injection
Harlan16 replies
Fibre supplements and timing them around the injection — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Something is going on with my body and I would like to know…
Fibre made it worse before it made it better
Perry19 replies
Fibre made it worse before it made it better — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure…
Movement helps and I resented learning that
Ivor18 replies
Movement helps and I resented learning that — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. I have avoided asking about this for six weeks out of pure…
Kiwi fruit. I am serious
Harlan18 replies
A question rather than an update: Kiwi fruit. I am serious Squeamish subject, so I am going to be plain about it and get it over with. I have written down what has actually happened, in…
The routine that finally worked for me
Tegan18 replies
A question rather than an update: The routine that finally worked for me Something is going on with my body and I would like to know whether it is ordinary. What I keep tripping on is not…