Over the last month or so I have been cycling between episodes of constipation lasting days to weeks followed by a brief window of diarrhoea and lots of abdominal cramping
Usually I'm a 2 to 3 bowel movements a day kind of person so this is highly unusual to me
On top of this I am 5 days late on my period. Pregnancy was highly unlikely and a test was negative so I don't think it's this.
To some people 5 days late isn't a big deal but for the 18 years I have had periods, save for during pregnancy and a few years on the coil, I have been regular to a point of being able to tell you what time of day they will come. I've had none of my usual period build-up symptoms either.
I work in healthcare, and even in bladder and bowel and women's health services but I'm racking my brain and I just cannot fathom what's happening.
My best guess is it has something to do with the viral infection I had a month ago but I truly do not know!
If anyone had any suggestions I could read into or ask my GP about, I would be beyond grateful! My GP will likely fob me off otherwise!