Where do I start I have NC for this.
For sometime now years I have been concerned about my poo. For many years I was constipated but for a goodly while I have been the opposite. It stinks awful, comes away quickly (when I need to go I need to go urgently) and it comes away as a massive mass 90% of the time rather than being formed, other times it’s lots of little bits, sometimes it’s sloshy/slimey other times it feels very grainy. Colour varies at the moment it is a bit paler than usual. Sometimes their is a greasy film with it and it floats (is difficult to flush) and sticks to the sides. I am embarrassed to stay at anyone’s house. I am 52 I also have what looks like a massive pile which I have been using Annusol on and sometimes my bum bleeds and it is very itchy on a night when I am in bed. At the minute I am going between once to three times a day.
I asked my GP about this about a year ago and he brushed it off saying they don’t operate on piles as it’s classed as cosmetic surgery (it’s massive) and hurts like hell which I explained (but was dismissed).
Anyway today I saw a hospital doctor about something else and I plucked up the courage to mention this. I explained things and he took it seriously and asked the nurse to look me out a tiny narrow pot for this (no instructions and no spatula) unlike online.
Any tips on how to collect a poo sample easily please? Also I usually use Annusol as my bum is so sore. I used some this morning. If I shower my bum tonight and don’t use Annusol will it be ok to still do a sample when I go tomorrow usually around 7amish and take it to the GP at 9am and should I put it in a bag inside a bag inside a cool box? As no instructions or shall I call at GP’s and ask for a proper pot on way home from work.
I have had repeated kidney infections this year (4) and I guess you know what I am worrying about here.
Thanks for reading if you have made it this far.