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[onion relish]

I used to get this naturally with my pre-period week (and a half).

When I was on patches I'd get it with the last two weeks. Now I'm on Provera I'm getting it every day - or I was until gynae changed me to 3 weeks on/1 off. Now it goes on the week off so I'm also linking it to my hormones.

Hope this helps a tiny bit.

[Turkish delight]

Butterfly I feel your pain.

My situ though the opposite is really getting me down too. That's why I'm going to my doc. Please don't be embarrassed, I know there is a poo taboo, but we have to break that poo wall down. Just like MJ has with vaginal issues. I'm not embarrassed to talk to my GP about poo, after all, we all do it, it's not like their s**t don't stink lol! I 'm not gagging for the digital rectal exam butt(wink)if needs must! Seriously I always think of what the Bowel babe says "Don't die of embarrassment" Not that any of us are dying, least I hope not 

Thank you onion relish, your post helps me a lot. 

TD

[Butterfly22]

Haha reading that made me laugh and think your so right. I think it's because I know they will have to examine me 😬 but I'm sure they have done it all before!
Thank you xxx

[CLKD]

I'm bloated this afternoon.  I had a quiche for lunch which has eggs  . I can hardly draw breath   

[Butterfly22]

It's hideous isn't it! Every night I look pregnant and so uncomfortable. I've cut out bread which helps a little but still constipated and bloated. X

[CLKD]

Constipation?  I have slow transit which makes me queasy and tight round the belly.  I haven't yet worked out how long after I've eaten i.e. onions B4 they work 

[onion relish]

Butterfly I feel your pain.

My situ though the opposite is really getting me down too. That's why I'm going to my doc. Please don't be embarrassed, I know there is a poo taboo, but we have to break that poo wall down. Just like MJ has with vaginal issues. I'm not embarrassed to talk to my GP about poo, after all, we all do it, it's not like their s**t don't stink lol! I 'm not gagging for the digital rectal exam butt(wink)if needs must! Seriously I always think of what the Bowel babe says "Don't die of embarrassment" Not that any of us are dying, least I hope not 

Thank you onion relish, your post helps me a lot. 

TD

You're bang on, of course, but many people (myself included) will always be embarrassed about the poo taboo. I do wish we weren't. Not that I'd fancy it, but sitting around in a communal toilet block having a nice, polite discussion with our fellow Romans was much healthier for our mental health!

I'm so glad I was able to offer a little help - a first for me  . Thanks.

[Turkish delight]

Hello my lovely girls!

So as promised I went to see my GP re my bloating and poo situation, yikes!

Heres what happened!

After my thorough explanation with pictures of my poo lol and a sample in hand, you can't say I was ill-prepared
He said I'd need a digital exam and a referral, and that I did the right thing by going. The words bowel cancer did leave his lips, but he quickly followed it by saying the symptoms don't quite fit, but we need to eliminate the nasty's. So I've booked to see a female Doc for the finger poke....women's fingers are slimmer, see I'm not just a pretty face...wink!

He then said it could well be hormonal and has asked me to come off all my hrt, as of tmrw for 2 weeks to see if the tummy issues resolve, otherwise I'm off to the specialist for a colonoscopy...nice! I am a little apprehensive about stopping my hrt, as I may well be swapping one set of problems for another lot, like insomnia, headaches and hot flushes, butt what's a girl to do!

Anyone know how long hrt will take to leave the system?...I'll hold a symbolic funeral on that day..boohoo! Wish me luck.

TD

 

[CLKD]

That's a bit extreme  ............

[Taz2]

I've found it takes around three months before all of my pre-HRT symptoms return. Good luck with the digital exam. It makes no difference as to whether fingers are slim or fat to be honest. It's over very quickly. Hope all goes well.

Taz x

[Turkish delight]

Thanks CLKD, X

It does sound extreme doesn't it, I would have prefered to have the luxury of time and taper down.

Thanks Taz, that is reassuring. X

[Butterfly22]

Great thread as it's a subject I need to talk about but been to embarrassed.
The last few months I've been so Constipated and like you by the end of the day I look pregnant and my tummy is like a bubbling  Caldron.
I have been taking senna and senna tea for years which worries me to.
I'm not much help but just so you no your not alone xxx

[squeaker99]

This sound like what I had for about 6 months during the first year of Peri.
My poos went soft/paste like and paler. I had terrible wind from both ends - big rumbling burps.

I went to the GP and he did some poo /blood tests but everything fine. Looking back it was definitely
hormonal plus anxiety made it worse. He put it down to IBS and anxiety.

I can't take gluten , alcohol or fried foods very well now so just avoid.  Also brown bread is bad for it.
The wind flares up from time to time.

It's boring but if I keep the anxiety down,exercise, have a good diet (plenty of fruit/veg) an drink plenty
of water it does seem to keep it at bay.

Just one of the many things that ' hit ' you in middle age which I had no idea about.

[Turkish delight]

Thanks girls, it's good to know I'm not alone and now not suffering in silence either.

I am getting more and more fed up though today, one for having to stop my hrt, and two bcz the bloating is out of control. Like I said in a different thread, I know it's shallow to be so worried about looking pregnant at 51 lol, but we are visual creatures and my appearance being thick waisted can dictate my mood, and sometimes my day let alone my confidence.

I really wish this blinking bloat would float off and go back where it came from bcz it's really starting to get me down.

TD

[CLKD]

R U drinking enough?

I have found egg sandwiches upset me.  I have to fancy eggs anyway but I will be avoiding them again 

Butterfly - bowels, we don't talk enough about how they work etc..  It's the way were were raised?  Senna should not be used every day unless advised by a Consultant.  It makes the bowel lazy.

Maybe have a look at your overall diet and liquid intake.  Add more fruits and slightly cooked/raw veg gradually.  The bowel needs stuff to work against.  Mine is so slow sometimes I feel bloated, queasy, fed up ........... I find if my bowel is really slow and I don't take my meds for 24 hours, it wakens up - go figure