Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | stool formation question

Today is my 4th day that I have eaten rice, bread, water and peppermint tea. I have defineately felt much better and have had no major reactions to this food, but even though I don't have that urgent explosive type diarrhea while eating this food, my stomach still is bloating and still doesn't feel great, last night I ate boiled carrots with the rice and today was the worst of the the 4 mornings so I guess that is it for the carrots. I thought carrots would be the ultimate vegetable. About the stool, even though it isn't diarrhea it still come out semi soft and not in one peice. I know this sounds gross, but can anyone tell me why I can never go completely solid, It is always in a million pieces which makes going to the bathroom take such along time for me every morning and it takes forcing even though I wouldn't say I am constipated. It is there but needs pressure on my abdomen to come out. And why are things I eat always recognizable when they come out of me. I can see particles of carrots, and in the past (meaning before this week)any vegetables like salad, tomatoes etc come out like they went in except smaller, even when I eat thing they come out that color. If I eat cotton candy I go blue. I am happy that my stomach feels a little better and I am not having diarrhea, but I am still having to spend 1 1/2 hours on the toilet in the morning to get the small amount out of me even now that my diet has been restricted. I can still feel the trapped gas pockets in my left lower side also and it is hard to get that out too. It always seems that when I get that out a movement directly follows, but this goes on and on in small amounts. Maybe there is no chance for me to turn this problem around after having IBS for so long. I feel that my intestines no longer even function normally no matter what I eat. It is like they are on manual instead of automatic. I am not giving up, but when I came out of the bathroom and my husband saw my face he said I looked defeated, and he was exactly right, I was just surprised he could see it on my face. I think of all the things I wish, is that every morning I could just go in the bathroom and be done with it, I just can't bare sitting on the toilet every day for at least 1 1/2 hours any more, and I don't think I should have to if I am willing to eat this cardboard.

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