O Stoma Mia wrote:...
Food-Toilet-Exercise Log- I have a Food-Toilet-Exercise log that I used for the first couple of years after reversal. It had three panels. In each of the panels I had items organized by time, where each item could have several subscripts to further describe the item. For example, in the Toilet log I used the Bristol Stool Chart for describing the type of stool, but I also had other subscripts, like 'size of stool', 'color', 'level of urgency', and 'time on toilet', etc. It was the same for the other panels: Each item entered in the spreadsheet had multiple subscripts.
The three panels were then interleaved and displayed on a master timeline so that I could see the overall pattern.
I haven't used my spreadsheet for a couple of years now, because my situation has stabilized, and I now know all of my bowel-movement trggers by heart. .But when I was first starting out, I used the spreadsheet on a daily basis for planning purposes.
O Stoma Mia, this is brilliant! I kept all my labs in spreadsheets. Hell, I even kept track of my tumors in Excel, noting the change in size of each tumor after every scan. But I never thought to use a spreadsheet for post-reversal potty tracking! I just used basic reflex action like when you touch something hot -- "nope, I wasn't ready to eat spicy quesadillas yet" -- and then avoided the offending food for two weeks or so when I'd try it again. Your approach is much more logical. I wish I'd thought of it...
Juliej