Poo question
Did you roll your eyes when you read the title? I know theres tons of poo questions on here and I searched the best I could but I still have a question....
I'm so uncomfortable. Ever since I took my first round (meaning first day of) of iron today I feel like theres a brick in my belly. I'm not in pain just like I'm full. Even when I eat or drink I can feel it back up into my throat a little bit. I have passed gas (which feels soooo good to do), I've burped and my pee is a pretty light yellow (right on target for fluid intake) but I had my first weird poo. Normally my poo is watery, yellow/orange, kinda like a babies poo. Remember I'm only on a full liquid diet with limited mushies. But tonight when I was finally able to go it was a grey/green color and thicker than normal. I was only able to find one post that addressed this as an Iron issue. Everything else I've read about poo that could be defined as tarry mentioned an obstruction, but I'm not in any pain.
Any idea's? Is this normal?
Your poo (both pre- and post- iron) sounds a lot like mine was/is! I think the color change is normal.
The stomach symptoms...I had that too. I was burping a horrible tasting burp every 5-10 minutes for hours. I told someone I felt like I had swallowed a bag of hot nickels! I'm not tolerating the iron too well, so I might be switching to the proferrin.
Karen
sorry you are feeling like there's a brick in your tummy. the iron can definitely change the color of your poo. i remember the first time i saw green poo. i freaked. thought something had gone wrong w/ my surgery. no worries.
i too get horrible "iron burps" . one solution that someone here gave me: i take my iron pill in the middle of the night when i wake up to pee. if i burp in my sleep, i don't know it. can a person burp in their sleep? dunno.
wish i had some suggestions on the bricked up feeling. i know lots of ppl on this board have talked about iron stopping them up. hopefully someone will stop by and help you with that portion.
Noreen HW 352 / SW 324 / CW 175/ LW/ 148 / GW 150 (achieved Aug 14 '11)