I think not.
You are not eating the right things either
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What would be the right things?? I read up about the brat diet being good for upset stomachs.....bananas, rice, apple, toast. So thats what ive been doing.
What about soups? I have cream of mushroom, lentil or vegetable in the house?
Well, no dont think so. Its the Heinz Veg Soup variety.
What about the actimel yoghurts? Are those not helpful as well seeing as its dairy.
I assumed it was best to eat things to bulk out stools, rice, bread, potatoes etc.
I dont eat much dairy anyway, so maybe the yoghurts arent the best.
It depends on your gut but usually dairy is the last thing I add back in and the first thing that will set off my stomach. There are a lot of cases of either temporary or more permanent intolerances after stomach bugs, it’s how my dairy intolerance came about actually.
I wouldn’t use a yogurt probiotic anyway because of my intolerance so I can’t really give much weight on that.
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Well I just had some porridge with soy milk, my mother who went shopping for me couldnt find soy based probiotics - not sure you can any though.
I'd tend to go for a bland diet. Scrambled eggs, white fish, chicken, mashed potatoes (no skin). Drink plenty of fluids. You can get probiotic tablets from health food shops if you're avoiding dairy.
I think you’ll be fine.
Bread or toast is fine, as are bananas, crackers, biscuits (like rich tea), mainly it’s important to drink. It doesn’t just have to be water as you need to replace the minerals you’ve lost too. Squash is fine, not fruit juices though. Yogurt should be ok, not too much dairy though.
My bowels are making horrendous gurgling, watery slushing noises again. My wind smells awful too, which I dont get when Ive barely eaten. For gods sake, here we go again.......
We really don't need to know all of this. You have a bug it will take time to recover from it. Leave it at that.
You sound as though you're enjoying yourself way too much, Mr. L.
Sorry if I frustrate people, I’m just scared and fed up. I’ve been ill with a cold first, and then this stomach bug for 10 days now, it’s draining.
My stools again this morning are soft, with some water, not as bad as they were but not back to normal. Surely a bug would have passed through my system by now? It’s been 5 days!!
I have rang the surgery and waiting a call back from a doc, not sure what they’ll suggest. But I imagine they’ll want to conduct some tests with all these prolonged symptoms.
They're not prolonged, seriously, it's just a bug.
I know it's annoying, but it's really nothing to be scared of.
If I am recovering then would taking Imodium be ok? I need to try get into the office today but too nervous with these symptoms.
Doc rang me. Basically said that stomach bugs can last up to two weeks, and that theres no need to do anything at the moment in terms of tests etc. Not feeling hugely reassured, but I guess the only thing that would reassure me now is for the symptoms to go away.
Just quite anxious that Ill still be in this position in a weeks time, then I know I’m dealing with something more serious.
You need to use the self-help techniques you've learned. It's tough, but the more you do it the easier it'll get.
Possibly. But I felt better on Friday after I started getting ill on Thursday, then became worse on Saturday.....so just anxious that I’ll become worse again.
I literally had a solid normal stool on Friday so not sure why I became worse, makes no sense.
Btw I had a phonecall to see an NHS therapist on the 16th
That's great! The thing to remember is that it's not a magic wand, you really have to do the homework.
Yeah I know. I did CBT last year, but didn’t find it hugely helpful. Didn’t help that my dog died midway through the course which completely destroyed me.
My bowels seem better tonight, (touch wood) but I’m at my parents and they’re cooking Sunday style dinner. Would it be wise to avoid too many different veg and roasted food? Just wary that when I ate a full meal on Friday my bowels went atrocious on Saturday.
Appreciate no ones a dietician or dr here, but has anyone got any advice regarding eating? How long to keep a bland diet going?
Ive read some old posts on here from people who had long term tummy troubles after bugs, bit worried my bowels will take ages to settle now and Ill end up worrying and worrying.
It was looking like a relatively stress free lead up to xmas unlike last year..........
I keep up bland foods until I start to have formed movements and I’m feeling up to more.
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I think it's quite clear that you have an irritable bowel, due to/exacerbated by anxiety, and along with finding ways to reduce stress levels you need to start identifying the foods which agree/disagree with your gut. So keep menus simple and keep a food journal of what you eat.
It really is as simple as this and not a sinister illness - something your brain refuses to accept.
Yes I do have IBS, but I have had something else the past few days, stomach bug or something worse as Ive presumed. Possibly my IBS and anxiety have exaggerated the bug or whatever it is, I dunno.
So basically my bowels have improved, and I don’t feel like ‘ill’ atm. My movements are still not back to being completely normal which worries me a bit, but at least the symptoms are getting better. However I am obsessing and over thinking about it now, which probably doesn’t help.
But I was just thinking, is it daft to have a chat with the doctor about this episode? Basically no one in my family has had a bug like this, and usually they are pretty contagious, right? So because I’ve only been ill, I’m wondering if it could have been a Crohns/Ulcerative Colitis flare up? Or am I way off the mark here? I’ve suggested this to my partner and she thinks I’m just being ridiculous, even suggesting my episode was anxiety - it definitely wasn’t anxiety. I know how anxiety affects bowels and that was not it.
Just scared there’s another flare up around the corner....
Anxiety can affect your bowels in pretty much any way, though.
Stop obsessing about your faeces and start working on managing your faulty thinking patterns.
You have had an upset stomach or a bug. No need to bother your doctor with this.
I do not mean to be harsh but looking back on your previous posts can you see the pattern of you over reacting to what are "normal" incidents?
It literally is one thing after another. I woke up on Tuesday with my bowels feeling better, but since then I’ve been feeling very run down and like I’ve got another bloody cold - like I had before my stomach bug. This has got me worried about lymphoma/leukaemia again now.
I’ve been feeling very warm and clammy at times, but I’ve resisted taking my temp with our ear thermometer. But I gave in and took it, and if I press in deep enough I can get a reading of 37.7. Marvellous. I don’t know how deep we’re meant to insert these, but that’s quite a high temp for me as I’m usually a cool person.
Sorry to hear your not feeling well, you’ve probably caught another bug or cold after being run down that happens to me often I don’t get one thing I get two or three runs of stuff before I start to feel better.
Personally I don’t know your history but I feel it’s unlikely to be lymphoma or lukemia your white blood cells would increase to fight infection. I often have large lymph node from infections it’s normal when the body fights for us. The most perculiar one I had was in my mouth under my jaw because I had a mini throat infection.
I hope you feel better soon take some paracetamol for temperature and then you can test it again to see if it reduces perhaps as a trial?
Best
PH
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Honestly there’s so much around. I’m on my 2nd cold in 3 weeks and it’s turned into sinusitis which is making me very miserable. Coupled with the fact that I still can’t bend my knee after a fall 2 weeks ago and it’s all a bit crap.
When you’re already run down you can catch more. Take your vitamins, eat well and get some rest. You’ll feel better soon.
Thanks guys, my temp was pretty normal yesterday and fine today, so hopefully all good there now.
However I’m back on the bowels atm. Ever since I had that ‘stomach bug’ or whatever, I’ve noticed lots more mucous than normal. Yesterday after flushing I saw lots of white things floating in the toilet water, they were either mucous strands or maybe clementine/satsumas skin as I’ve been eating lots of them recently to combat feeling ill.
is lots of mucous ok? A lot of things online seem to point at IBD - again. I may add my movements were pretty normal, so no diarrhoea or constipation. Could my bowels be still a bit irritated after the bug? I haven’t been eating that well either over the past week. Mainly protein and some carbs, not much fruit and veg apart from the celemntines.
Hi Elen, yes sorry. Well, I do acknowledge that most, if not all of my worries have never become real. But it’s really difficult for me to stop the train of thought where It’s ‘different’ this time. I can see how ridiculous it is from the outside that I’ve gone through quite a few worries in a few weeks now (crohas, lymphoma etc), but I can’t convince myself.