Hi All,
First I want to thank everyone on here for giving such great information and encouragement. I have not been diagnosed with anything but I know something isn’t right with my plumbing so to speak.
I am 34 years old, I eat pretty healthy (not a lot... no red meat or chicken), and I workout at least 3x a week. I recently started intermittent fasting where I eat between 12-8 daily. I normally have healthy bowel movements (4x a week), I pass a lot of gas (has always been the case since childhood) and had no weird symptoms until recently. A week ago my husband and I went to the county fair and I broke my fast with French Fries (not the best idea... usually break my fast with a balanced meal). I noticed the next day I was having really bad stomach pains but put it off to gas and took a Tums. All was well afterwards. I noticed two days later I was feeling a little backed up so I took a laxative tea and that seemed to do the trick for two days. Then I noticed I wasn’t going at all. Just gas, no urge to go or anything. I began to panic as to not poop is weird to me. I took some fiber and noticed only little turds coming out and could feel like I needed to poop but nothing would move. So I tried to manually disempact (sp?) myself (I know I shouldn’t have done that) then things got crazy. When I pulled the impacted bowel down there was bright bleed dripping from my finger and string of mucus came out. Freaked out is an understatement. I could also feel a bulge like something was blocking my poop. I called my aunt who is a nurse who assured me all was fine I have a hemorrhoid and that my body is in shock from my fasting regimen which is fairly new and not getting enough fiber and being dehydrated. She suggested that I take fiber. I took some fiber again and had some thinner than my normal fluffy stools and now no poop at all. I’m scared and it’s the weekend so this has been going on over the weekend. I will call my doctor to get an appointment.
Sorry for being long winded I’m just really nervous. My husband and I are starting IVF in November and I’m really scared that something terrible is going to be wrong that would prevent us from doing that. I have read the brave stories of everyone on this forum and was just looking for some encouragement, kind words, and knowledge as to what could be going on.