Okay, I THINK I have IBS, I'm not sure though.

My upperabdomen is SWOLLEN especially after I eat. I try to use the bathroom as often as possible, and wHen I do, the stools are skinny and about 4 - 6 inches long. I'm fasting right now, and I broke it today aabout 2 hours ago, and I STILL feel full.

What's UP?

Hi Hotsauce,
I had the same problem recently. I think if you are trying to force yourself to goto the bathroom then it causes the thin stools. Now if you have not went in a while and you feel the urge and KNOW its time to go and your stools are still thin then it would be a good idea to get it checked out. I saw the thin BM and made the mistake of looking it up and of course everything said cancer. I worried myself sick about it and of course that only made my problems 1000x worse in my mind. Your not going to have a normal BM unless you eat a normal amount of food and go when your ready not because your forcing yourself because you think you should have a BM every single day. I dont want to steer you wrong on this, but dont get in a big panic like i did and make yourself sick because of what you read. God bless ya!

With IBS this can happen. Stools appear to be all sizes and shapes. Just when you think you are back to normal, another kind show up.

Thanks guys.

Yesterday, I took metamucil, and I actually felt a little better, my stomach wasn't as HUGE after I eat.

So I'm going to try to take it 3 times a day....