Good Lord My Bowels are Irritable at the mo.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

thought I'd share

gurgly. crampy and ver loose. Have to be careful where and when I break wind.

probably stress related as have been a bit tense this week.

How shall I bung them up a bit?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

[fruitshootsandheaves]

mine too. Shall we ask for a 'keep out TMI' (too much irritation) topic?

[BitOfFun]

I'll see your irritable bowel and raise you my hostile vagina

Or something.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Peppermint tea to calm/relax your gut.

Probiotics - acidophilus.

Drink lots of water - not cold, but warm/hot, again to relax the gut.

I see your IBS, your hostile vagina and raise you to a Bartholin's cyst ...

[Littlefish]

Aloe vera. Did wonders for mine.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

I'll see you your Bartholin's cyst (ouch!) and your hostile vaginasand raise you an inflamed and bleeding hemmorhoid!and DH is moaning about the amount of bog roll I've used over the last couple of days.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Hah! Now you're talking, EG!

[BecauseImWorthIt]

All I need is another dose of thrush and I think that's a full house!

[EccentricaGallumbits]

where does one find acidophilus?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Good healthfood shop. Go to one where you can buy it from the fridge.

[weegiemum]

Hah! I see your bleeding haemmoroid and raise you my thrush at the same time as a very delayed and clotty period .....

[BitOfFun]

Healthfood shop/vitamin aisle

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Throw in some cystitis as well then, weegiemum - no point doing things by half!

[EccentricaGallumbits]

eeew weegie. WTF are you doing with all that stuff?

[EccentricaGallumbits]

have jus seeped with wind

need some cure that waitrose sells? anything? (has to be waitrose as only shop open now)

[fruitshootsandheaves]

cork?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Do they have a pharmacy? Colpermin could help, otherwise peppermint tea is really helpful.

Are you constipated? Could always try getting a Colon Cleanser - I think there's an Aloe Vera one you can get.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

DD1 has just exploded in a similar manner.

am beginning to suspect a lurgy rather than an irritation.

Thought it felt different to my usual cycle linked irritability.

BIWI a colon cleanser is perhaps the last thing I need right now. a cork would probably be most useful.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

and by god my bum hole is sore.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Ah but - diarrhoea can often, strangely, be a symptom of constipation!

[weegiemum]

I have the thrush because I had a UTI ......

My bowels are pretty loose too - I haven't left the house today and my mooncup is not a sight fot the faint hearted (or weak-stomached!)

[EccentricaGallumbits]

oh jeeez that is unplesent.

[CloudDragon]

everyone in my family had so called IBS after years of pain we all went one by one on an exclusion diet:

My mum and I are totally wheat intolerant
My sister cabn't have citric acid
My nephew is dairy intolerant.

the difference in all of us is amazing. No more cramps/swelling
/tiredness/less irritable

and if any of us make a mistake we bloat out/diarrhoea

it's been great.

We were all fobbed off for years

If I were you I would exlude away!