OK.... a warning to the guys out there....this is a PMS-related question. A warning to the queased....I'll be a little graphic about my poo. That having been said....here we go....
I know my IBS flares up when I have my period, so the past couple of times, I have been very careful about what I eat. I've basically followed the "How To Break The Cycle" guidelines. I usually get my period on a Wednesday or Thursday, so on Tuesday, I started the diet (with being slightly careful beforehand). Here's what I ate:
Breakfast- a bowl of Special K with Rice Dream
Lunch- Oatmeal (I usually eat a flavored one)
Dinner- Plain pasta with chicken (I ordered it plain; I think they may have slightly seasoned it with pepper, but not very much)
Snacks- pretzels or rice cakes
That's all I ate for three days. I was still a bit constipated (as always) and was in the bathroom for three hours (as always). I go a little, then nothing, then some more, etc. I got up and walked around once or twice, and it helped a little. I also used a heating pad-type thing (one you put in the microwave).
Here's the problem....Saturday morning (of course, since I had to be somewhere), I think I set a personal record. I was in the bathroom for FIVE HOURS! I did the same thing as the previous days. Not much happened. Now, I know I was a little excited about where I was going, but I didn't think I was THAT excited! I mean, I didn't feel anxious or worked up. Anyway, at about the three-and-a-half-hour mark, all of a sudden, I had loose stools. It wasn't exactly diarrhea. It piled up nicely in the bottom as opposed to floating around, but it was still loose. I had this for a little while. I still felt uncomfortable for a few hours afterwards. I didn't have any problems, but I felt like I might. I did try to go, but nothing (which usually happens to me after I've had loose stools or full-on diarrhea, sometimes for just that day, sometimes for one or two days, regardless of whether or not I have my period). So.....what happened??!! What did I do wrong??!! HELP!!!!
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