Name change for this and sorry if it’s TMI, but I’ve always found Mumsnet really useful in the past for advice…
I have always wondered / thought that I may have a mild form of IBS as whenever I go to the toilet it’s normally always soft and I do sometimes get the real urgency to go.
However in the last 5 days something has been off. It started off with a bit of tummy pain last Wednesday and a bit of diarrhoea but nothing too bad. However on Thursday it felt like I kept “wet farting” and like I needed to rush to the loo but all that was coming out was just this sort of light brown liquid / mucus, even though it felt like I needed to poo.
On Friday it started off with the wet farts but then quickly moved to sharp tummy pain / cramps which meant I had to URGENTLY run to the loo. They only went after I had been, and it was just diarrhoea.
I couldn’t think of what caused this as I felt otherwise fine in myself. I ate a Nando’s at 9.45pm on Wednesday night so I thought maybe that had set something off - but I’ve never had that before from a Nando’s.
After going to the loo about 3/4 times on Friday morning in a short space of time it stopped and I was fine all weekend - in fact I didn’t go to the loo once.
But then this morning I woke up at 6am and had to run to the loo because I had the same wet farts / urgency to poo sensation. Again it was mostly just mucus but now the tummy cramps have started again.
This is really quite unusual and I’m a little bit thrown about what’s going on, especially as I already have toilet anxiety (as in needing the toilet when out and about and not being able to find one).
I would hugely appreciate any advice or tips people have!