Flat stools

[dee_gril]

Flat stools can be caused by spasms in intesntines I think ... read that somewhere. Also if you have hemmies, they can cause it to come out flat.

[JustJoe25]

OMG I get the oval shaped like stools too and can never find anything online either! I thought it was only me. Everytime I look at the poo chart it's never on there. The closest I would get was those hard lumps but these aren't hard they are actually soft just not formed like a snake. I miss having snake poos. I use to get so surprised and happy with some of the ones that would come out they were massive! But I haven't had one like that in I don't know how long.

[jptsr1]

OMG I get the oval shaped like stools too and can never find anything online either! I thought it was only me. Everytime I look at the poo chart it's never on there. The closest I would get was those hard lumps but these aren't hard they are actually soft just not formed like a snake. I miss having snake poos. I use to get so surprised and happy with some of the ones that would come out they were massive! But I haven't had one like that in I don't know how long.

I am getting oval or flattish stool as well but they are long and soft. I guess I should be happy because I'm coming off of months of severe abdominal pain flareups and I never knew what was going to come out from one day to the next. My Doc prescribed a probiotic and it sorted out the gas and pain but now I have the stool issue 70% of the time. Never all that hard to pass and there is no pain associated with it. I go religiously every morning and even though it take two seatings within 30 minutes of each other I feel like I'm getting everything out. My health anxiety isn't helping things much. In my head everything is cancer.

[ricardo]

Metamucil has been mentioned twice in the thread and when I lived for 12 years in Spain I was recommended to use it as basically it's a bulk agent and it lowers cholestral and no one likes being constipated.

For some reason it was withdrawn in the UK some 2/3 years ago, in fact my GP had never heard of it.

It is available to buy via Amazon the orange powder is the best.

[JustJoe25]

I am getting oval or flattish stool as well but they are long and soft. I guess I should be happy because I'm coming off of months of severe abdominal pain flareups and I never knew what was going to come out from one day to the next. My Doc prescribed a probiotic and it sorted out the gas and pain but now I have the stool issue 70% of the time. Never all that hard to pass and there is no pain associated with it. I go religiously every morning and even though it take two seatings within 30 minutes of each other I feel like I'm getting everything out. My health anxiety isn't helping things much. In my head everything is cancer.

I also go twice a day in the morning quite often but some days it's once a day. I think that is quite common though and usually after the second time I will
Feel empty. I too worry about cancer myself and other sinister things.

[JayWright91]

I’m also going through something similar atm and have been for about 4 weeks now. My stools seem to be very flat. Sometimes I will have a more rounded stool but the majority of time it is flat - like a thick ribbon is what I’d say. I’ve been GP and had bloods done which all came back clear!

I’m still worried it could be something more sinister :/ did anyone find the reason behind there’s?

[spikem]

Your colon is round but your ar55 hole isn't, it's oval shaped. So if you are passing soft stools they will be re-shaped oval on exit. Don't worry, I have been having ribbon turds for as long as I can remember.