Bowel problems

Hi. Iv noticed for the past 2 to 3 weeks my bowel movements are one day pencil thin and the next day diaherea.  Sometimes I feel I'm pushing to empty my bowels. Some days I feel bloated. After eating I notice I have grumbling noise at the lower end of my stomach. Not very loud though ( near to the bum ) . Dr google is causing my anxiety to high levels. Has anyone else had these symptoms?  I have appointment with an advance nurse next week.  Should I be worried?

Parents
  • Hi Snk have similar symptoms and am stressing too the best thing we can do is get tests which we are the rest is limbo land and not a nice place so be as kind to yourself as you can be xxx

  • Just an update. I went to see the advanced nurse today.  She checked my stomach by pressing on it in different places and said it seemed fine i had no pains anywhere . Then used a stethoscope to listen and said she could hear the stomach rumbling . For now iv been told to give a stool sample to check for ibs or ibd I'm not sure. And iv got Monday appointment for a full blood count . I've still got the same symptoms and it's day 22 since I started noticing them . 

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  • Just an update. I went to see the advanced nurse today.  She checked my stomach by pressing on it in different places and said it seemed fine i had no pains anywhere . Then used a stethoscope to listen and said she could hear the stomach rumbling . For now iv been told to give a stool sample to check for ibs or ibd I'm not sure. And iv got Monday appointment for a full blood count . I've still got the same symptoms and it's day 22 since I started noticing them . 

Children
  • Hi sorry to hear you are going through this. Can I ask how long you waited for your stool sample results. I don't think they are doing a fit test on mine although they knew I was having blood in my stools. They were just checking my stools because I had extreme diarrhoea for 6 days that had bloody mucus. I sent the sample off over a week ago and haven't heard back. And I'm so worried because Iv gone from "my normal" bowel movements to diarrhoea to constipation and now Iv had a ribbon like stool. I'm terrified :( I hope you are ok x

  • Update:

    I recieved my normal stool test results within 24hrs. However iv just recieved my Fit test results after a week and it's come back normal .