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Poo emergency

157 replies

Whattttttttttdoido · 04/11/2023 06:43

Posting here for traffic as I'm desperate and don't know what to do.

Went out last night with my friend, 3 other women and my friends boyfriend. We have all crashed at her boyfriends house who I don't know well and who has 3 house mates (2 men and a woman).

I can feel what is sure to be REALLY FUCKING BAD DIARRHOEA bubbling around my stomach. I tried to sneak a fart out and a bit of liquid came out. I went to the loo and cleaned myself up, and while I was there noticed there is no toilet roll.

The bathroom is between 2 bedrooms of house mates that I do not know. The house is in complete silence.

Wtf do I do in this situation? I want to cry I have considered just leaving the house but I have no idea where I'd even go I'm not familiar with this area at all.

Please help!

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Original poster
Whattttttttttdoido · 04/11/2023 10:49

@titchy if I was leaving the house it needed to be to a toilet as I was not going to make it there and back.

To everyone asking why i didn't just go home because I was a 5 hour train journey from home!! We came out for a night out in this city which friends boyfriend lives in hence why we stayed there. I would have been more scared of getting stuck in that situation on a train!!

I left it a while to make sure I felt ok, ate some toast and am now on my way home.

And to the poster with the Boris comment - you are absolutely right and that is solid advice.

(Adding VIPoo to my amazon order all the same)

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Flipdiddle · 04/11/2023 11:18

I’m a similar age - and this kind of night out… 5 hour train journey and to then end the night in a house share of someone I hardly know and kipping on the sofa… is so profoundly alien to me for the last 15 / 20 odd years! 😂

ludicrouslycapaciousbags · 04/11/2023 11:34

I’m a similar age - and this kind of night out… 5 hour train journey and to then end the night in a house share of someone I hardly know and kipping on the sofa… is so profoundly alien to me for the last 15 / 20 odd years! 😂

Christ only on mumsnet.

Hope you had a great nightly

ludicrouslycapaciousbags · 04/11/2023 11:36

That should have said hope you had a great night! Despite being in your 30s and clearly
should be sat at home...

PTSDBarbiegirl · 04/11/2023 11:40

Fold up a dish towel and stick it in knickers & go straight home!

caringcarer · 04/11/2023 11:56

Glad you got the toilet paper OP. Try keeping a packet of Imodium in your handbag. It clears up diarrhea really well. Sort of firms everything up.

MilkWithTheBiscuits · 04/11/2023 12:18

Glad it all worked out OP, I get why you may feel embarrassed about the situation (heck I was when I was younger about the fact I poo and fart) but now I’m the complete opposite and I’m glad I do poo because it’s satisfying! Probably a mixture of DS having IBS and also being 46 I have no qualms anymore. In fact I can feel a poo on its way lol

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Whattttttttttdoido · 04/11/2023 13:52

I wouldn't have imagined that a thread about my diarrhoea would open me up to snarky comments about my age and the type of night out I might choose to have. Actually hilarious.

Immodium is also a great idea. This has NEVER happened to me before in quite this fashion so I was not prepared at all. This will be the story that means I now always will be 😅

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PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/11/2023 14:21

As someone who has actually shit herself before(ibs)
Get in.the shower

PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/11/2023 14:22

Just seen update

JosieGrossie · 04/11/2023 14:27

Late to the thread but glad you are sorted now. It's horrible being unwell in a strange place. I carry a pack of tissues and some wet wipes whenever I go out (long term IBS sufferer) but have been caught out so many times. Hope you're feeling better soon 💐

Mumeries · 04/11/2023 14:28

Get a Tesco whoosh or deliveroo grocery delivery

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 04/11/2023 15:04

Get a Tesco whoosh or deliveroo grocery delivery

Not that it can be helped, but, if I were one of their drivers, I'd be a bit reluctant as to what I might be met with to be delivering an order consisting of nothing but a large pack of bog rolls!

Original poster
Whattttttttttdoido · 04/11/2023 15:50

@FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper

That really made me laugh 🤣🤣

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TheCadoganArms · 04/11/2023 15:57

Any pets in the house? Shit on the floor next to the dog and then casually tell the hosts Fido has has an accident.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 04/11/2023 16:10

You can't risk going out
How far from home are you
Have a look in the kitchen and see if you can find kitchen roll
You need to just go and wash up when you're done
Dry with your pants if necessary or see if there's any baby/ face wipes

uncomfortablydumb53 · 04/11/2023 16:12

Sorry missed one of your posts
Glad you're sorted

RJ2023 · 04/11/2023 16:13

If it makes you feel any better - in 1998 I went to Southampton University and had no idea how to cook.

Looking back on it, washing a chopping board covered in raw chicken and then using the same water to wash the plate I ate off wasn't the best idea...

The next day: Top floor of the Maths building on the Highfield campus at 9am I had to sprint out of a lecture, and poo'd myself continuously as a ran down the stairs... :(

It was and remains the worst moment of my life.

I then had a 20 minute walk back to my halls (Montefiore House for anyone that knows Southampton Uni) - but then had to go back to pick up my bag that I had left in the classroom in my panic.

I suffered from IBS for years after this issue. :(

Soffii87 · 04/11/2023 16:16

I work in a prison and there are so many locked doors!! Sudden diarrhoea is one of my biggest fears - I would never make it through all the locked doors in time (have to lock them all behind me too). And there are cameras. Everywhere…
I never eat anything spicy the night before work haha
glad you got your loo roll OP!

Flipdiddle · 04/11/2023 16:18

RJ2023 · 04/11/2023 16:13

If it makes you feel any better - in 1998 I went to Southampton University and had no idea how to cook.

Looking back on it, washing a chopping board covered in raw chicken and then using the same water to wash the plate I ate off wasn't the best idea...

The next day: Top floor of the Maths building on the Highfield campus at 9am I had to sprint out of a lecture, and poo'd myself continuously as a ran down the stairs... :(

It was and remains the worst moment of my life.

I then had a 20 minute walk back to my halls (Montefiore House for anyone that knows Southampton Uni) - but then had to go back to pick up my bag that I had left in the classroom in my panic.

I suffered from IBS for years after this issue. :(

What halls?! I was in chamberlain

Flipdiddle · 04/11/2023 16:19

Oh sorry just seen!

Flipdiddle · 04/11/2023 16:19

I was also there in 98. . First year

Flipdiddle · 04/11/2023 16:20

That sounds utterly horrific

I think I heard about you. Assumed it was an urban legend

Flipdiddle · 04/11/2023 16:20

Joke!! 😂

ChocolateCinderToffee · 04/11/2023 16:26

I have got a friend who has IBS and every time she comes to stay, steals a loo roll for her (long) journey home. I don’t mind but she doesn’t ask. Next time I’m going to gift wrap one for her.