Anyone with IBS/IBD please read (maybe TMI)!

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I am waiting for a colonoscopy having had intermittent diarrhoea for about a month or so. I passed the tiniest bit of blood (I do have internal piles so could be that)...either way, it's important to get it all checked.

However, my biggest query is "what the heck is happening with my BM"!? I am having the weirdest experiences. Yesterday perfectly normal bm - no blood, brown and "normal" looking. Today - early morning call - one small hard round lump after pushing for a while. Half an hour later, perfectly normal bm. Then 10 mins ago after toast and water, mad gurgling in tummy followed shortly afterwards by a rush to the toilet... have now had to take an imodium as I am teaching this morning!! OMG. My stomach felt fine (hungry) and now feel sore and gripey.

Does this sound like symptoms of IBS or IBD? i am praying none of this is colon cancer but it feels like my bowels are inflamed or very irritable. What do you think??
Thank you.

bump...anyone please?

I was on your previous thread, so hello again :)

I don't have IBS or IBD. I have bowel cancer. But it's very unlikely that's what your symptoms are, as I mentioned before. I just didn't want to leave your thread unanswered. There's a lot of overlap between my treatment and the treatment for UC.

Are you using Imodium a lot? If so, that may well be interfering with things. I know it must be tricky with a job like teaching though.

It all sounds uncomfortable, but not overly alarming. It could easily be a bug or something that has irritated your bowel. It's really impossible to know without the test results as there are only a few possible bowel symptoms and they are similar for many conditions.

I hope you get a colonoscopy appointment soon to put your mind at rest

It might be helpful to keep a diary of symptoms if you are not already doing so. Record what you eat and drink, bowel habits, any medication including over the counter etc. Then if it turns out to be IBS the diary may give you some clues about possible triggers.

Sounds very like my IBS symptoms. I've cut out wheat and now don't get the symptoms unless I really overstretch myself physically!

Sounds like IBS, similar symptoms to mine.

I have IBS too and it sounds similar

Sounds very like my IBS symptoms. I've cut out wheat and now don't get the symptoms unless I really overstretch myself physically!

I'm exactly the same, no longer eat wheat and am 99% better.

Me too. My IBS completely disappeared when I went low carb and gradually reintroducing carbs I realised it was definitely the wheat.

I would think it could well be wheat, or maybe dairy. I would cut one out for a month, and then the other - for the next month. See how you get on...

Ask them to investigate you for coeliac disease and also bile acid malabsorption - both conditions are under diagnosed but surprisingly common, and cause the symptoms you describe

I have CD and it sounds like mine too. Not to worry you, but there is a lot of overlap. A big issue with CD is fatigue, others indicators can be weight loss, mouth ulcers, loss of appetite. The Crohns and Colitis UK website is a good place to start.