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Weird stools

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steven70982
steven70982

So for the past couple months I've been having digestion issues, from gas to stomach pain to weird stools. But recently i thought it was getting better

I was eating fiber one bars and they seemed to give me alot of gas so I stopped, along with I haven't had a banana in a couple days so Idk if that's causing my mushy stools.

So for the past 2 days I haven't had any pain or gas, as I took the fiber one bars out. but I've had mushy stools in the morning. I only have ever gone in the morning once a day thats it. Last week my stools where starting to be normal but then I'm hit with this

I don't know if it's stress or if it's just I don't have that amount of fiber in my body so it cuaseing it to be weird.

Any suggestions would be nice

I have been to a general doctor that told me nothing but my gastrologist isn't for a few weeks, thats the earliest they could get me in and since it's not life threatening

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  • steven70982
    steven70982

    Posted

    I have been trying to stay away from gluten as much as possible as I think that has something to do with it but unsure took it out for awhile and then reintroduced it and it seemed to do fine but then like i started getting weird pains so i stopped again. But I am unsure if that is the problem or not but as of right now off of it havent had many problems. 

    Sometimes i eat foods and i have problems and sometimes i dont, such as peanut butter been having that every night and recently like the last week it was giving me alot of gas out of nowhere.

  • borderriever
    borderriever steven70982

    Posted

    Steven

    You need to consider your diet and possibly adjust if possible

    They now say we need upwards of seven portions of fruit and vegetables. With additional carbohydrates such as bown rice, potatoes and various types of Pasta.

    Bran or seeded batch loaf of bread will give your stool firmness and that would keep you regular. Reduce your sugar intake and eat fruit instead of sweets and crisps.

    Eat fish at least twice a week and also have smoked salmon in bread for lunch etc. Allow one fish to be White and anothe an oily fish such as smoked Makeral.

    Eat White meat such as chicken twice a week and red meat once a week. The body needs a fair mixture of foods to keep all the inside bits healthy.

    The general diet in the West causes constipation while in the third world their diets produce a much looser stool

    Good luck with the Gastrologist

    BOB

    • steven70982
      steven70982 borderriever

      Posted

      Thanks, yeah i have a trouble digesting red meat so i stay away from it and stick to mostly White meats, ground turkey and turkey sausage.

      I do eat lots of rice and potatoes and some pasta.

      I do need to incorporate fish though, been trying for awhile. I dont have many sweets at all, its mostly just whole foods. Only sweets I really have that I consider sweet are ritz crackers and yogurt.

      Thanks for the luck, hopefully they tell me something good but I have a feeling either IBS or like you said change your diet.

  • pippa58442
    pippa58442 steven70982

    Posted

    Has your doctor mentioned IBS? Have you tried a food diary?
    • steven70982
      steven70982 pippa58442

      Posted

      Nothing about Ibs, even though that's what I'm thinking but yes I kept one for a couple weeks and I just noticed one week it didn't do it the next it did it, it was just kind of confusing to me so I stopped and i couldn't figure out a correlation

      But I am gonna try and get more fruits and veggies in my diet cause in weeks before it seemed when I had more it was better, so many just try to be better about it. Also I started eating yogurt so hopefully that help too. And I exercise alot so that's always helped.

      But it's never stopped me from school or work yes some days are uncomfortable but I make it, so I'm thinking it has alot to do with diet

    • pippa58442
      pippa58442 steven70982

      Posted

      If it is IBS, sometimes food reactions vary.  One week a certain food will trigger symptoms but the next week the same food will be fine.
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