Update on Me

I am glad that you have medical proof that you are full of it. LOL Just kidding, I was actually very interested to see what you found out because I have been experiencing something very similar. I blow up with gas and my belly gets pretty distended and firm. I feel pretty yucky alot of the time too. I was already thinking it was a poop problem because I am only going once in a week and a half to two weeks. This is a change from once or twice a day. So I think I am going to dose myself with laxatives and see if I can get straightened out. Thanks for the information. You have helped me with sharing your story. I just love this board and the support.

I take Colace EVERY night at bed time and every morning without fail, I poop.  There are some days when I even go more than once a day, but I think that was when I was stuffing myself full of spoons of peanut butter and that was me getting rid of the extra fat I was ingesting.. 

Be careful you don't let it go too long.. you don't want to end up with it being stuck in there and having to be cleaned out.. ewwww

Congrats on being FOS!

Seriously....glad it's nothing serious and that can hopefully be handled quickly

Glad to hear your FOS, not surprised though.   I've had similar symptoms for a while and my googling told me to look for obstructions too but also that it could be the flora/fauna of the intestines being out of whack.   Like the commercial, I can be "not just a good pooper but an optimal one" and still I had the instanteous gas bag blowup; scared me the first time it happened, it was freaky; had to bust open my pants or die right there on the spot.   If you aren't already doing so, put in some "active live cultures" once a day and see if that helps.  Working with my chiro on "detoxing" the liver, colon etc".    Toxins build up, some are more susceptible than others, hormones of the gut go crazy.   I always was one to have IBS, colitus etc, and I'm in a really stressful place right now so the bowels are in an uproar so to speak.   Happy flushing