Bet it's hormones
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- within 10 mins. of a bleed starting I would have to dash to the loo with the runs
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couldn't go anywhere at that time of month
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My poohs vary dependent on what I have been eating. Sometimes lots of small hardish bits, fast - sometimes it's soft and fast; other times I take ages to pass a motion which can be any colour/consistency you choose
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. Rarely smelly. Always accompanied by a pee …….
I am a recovering anorexic
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so am totally aware of everything my gut does from the gullet downwards. Since beginning treatment for IBS in 1998 at least the gurgling has stopped. I watched a machine making that blue slush stuff and it was churning the mixture like my stomach used to, for years and years and
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. If I had a day when I didn't feel queasy we would write it on the calendar ……