Really embarrassing poo question

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l can't believe l'm typing this but l am! Full disclosure, l have a GP appointment next Thursday so l'm doing the right thing but just wondered if anyone at all had ever had problems getting themselves clean after a bowel movement??
l open my bowels, use either wet wipes or that Wype gel and 'think' l'm clean. I then go for a wee a little while later and it's like l've never wiped at all! I then have to go through the whole palaver and this can happen 2 or 3 times. It never used to happen so something has changed, although no clue what! I'm in my early 60's sometime constipated so l take Movicol which makes it softer, otherwise l'm at a loss to explain it, hence the GP appointment. Just wondering if anyone else has had the same? Sorry if this is TMI! But thanks anyone in advance!

@Familynightmare1 its because the hose could fall in the toilet bowl and because if the negative pressure toilet water could get into the pipe contaminating the water supply pipe

All of them.

Naturally you'd put it a double check no return vavlve.

These hosepipe problems require the bat-signal for @PigletJohn

@PigletJohn

You can get hand held bidets that have their own water tank integrated. They look suspiciously like water flossers and electric toothbrushes so don't get them muddled up first thing in the morning 😂

Yes - or you can just use a bit of tap water on the toilet paper.

Pelvic organ prolapse. Google rectocele and your symptoms.

The plumber in the video linked earlier said that a double check no return valve is not sufficient. They are only for use up to category 3 water, and toilet bowl water is category 5. So it still wouldn’t be up to code.

Never Google symptoms!

Why not use something like this? Only a few quid.

I suffer from diverticulitis and alcoholism (though I am hoping to address the latter in a few days time). The toilet is a matter of considerable urgency on a number of occasions (thank you, Tesco). I am so tired of blood and diarrhea.

It could be if fed from a separate tank with an air gap.

Movicol can make your stool sticky too (as water is drawn into it to make it softer and easier to pass) which can make getting clean tricky. Wet wipes is your friend.
May be worth having a check with a urogynae physio to check all is working as it should! Don’t be embarrassed OP, everyone poos, even the king!

I haven’t read the whole thread.

Here’s my process for a clean bum.

The budget way that I use is to buy a new empty spray bottle and put a little gentle body wash (preferably thensoapless type) in it, and fill with lots of water. I keep it near my toilet and when needed grab about 4 squares of toilet paper (I need the strong stuff for this - which is usually the luxury brand - others disintegrate too quickly), spray the toilet paper 3 or so short sprays, and wipe. Do it a couple of times then wipe with a little dry paper.

Don’t use the toilet wipes unless you are out (not at friends place - by out I mean shopping mall etc if you need to use the toilet) as they are really bad for our sewerage systems. And a plumber told me they block toilets frequently. He gets lots of call outs to fix this problem. Plus they are expensive.

I had a Japanese electronic bidet toilet. Very expensive and great while it lasted but the bidet part fucking broke just out of warranty. So I’m using the spray bottle method until I work out something that works better.

Google rectocele along with her symptoms is what I said. This is textbook for it. And if is the cause then she can go in with knowledge to her GP.

It will be the movicol causing leakage

Maybe try using a Peri bottle?

As someone has said, it sounds like a rectocele. Can be caused by a quick birth which is what I had. Have had a scope years ago. Sometimes have to go back to the toilet quickly after having been.

I had this problem for years. I would make myself sore trying to get clean. No real medical explanation. I became paranoid over the issue. I installed a toilet with a built in bidet years ago and wow what a difference. Clean every time.

This is all so interesting! OP, I’m only early 30s and for the last year or so I struggle to get clean after a bowel movement. I go like clockwork, same time every morning, but more often than not I can wipe and wipe and wipe, then use the toilet at work a couple of hours later and still have some residue! I’ve never had piles or any of the things suggested above, aside from the quoted post; I did have a quick birth! I’ve also had a bowel cancer screening (unrelated problem to this) and that was clear. Let us know what the doctor says!

You know this is pretty offensive and not helpful to the OP at all. This is not the OP’s issue, it will relate to her digestive and bowel heath and not her hygiene.

Too much movicol for too long makes it like you've got like angel delight consistency up there, hard to pass completely! Sorry for that image. Try taking a little less of that and see if things get better?

Our friend is a colorectal surgeon (so you can imagine our dinner party conversations). He says you should barely need to wipe at all if everything is working as it should.

My friend is one too and said the same! The point being when you poo the sphincter opens & the inner surface extrudes slightly, then closes with that back inside. With well form stools, not overly fatty or soft etc, there shouldn't be much at all to wipe.

From what you describe i also think it is overflow from constipation.