I don't know if anyone else has this problem but here goes.

It's my TOM and for some reason whenever I get it I always get hemmoroids and get partly constipated...does anyone else have this problem.:thumbup:

It seems worse this time than in the past TOMs, could it be because I've lost 12 lbs?:confused2:

I don't know I am confused and uncomfortable, and very crampy. :crying:I was just wondering if this happens to a lot of women during TOMs.

Thanks.

I have endometreosis (Sp?). I've always had constipation and BAD cramps - and it seemed to be worse the heavier I was. I'd have LONG periods too and very heavy. Never experience hemroids (thank goodness).

I just had my period (this week) and for once the cramps didn't kill me and I still had the constipation, but it was better. I think the change in my diet makes a difference.

Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. I hope once I continue to lose more things will get better.

I usually have the opposite problem, major diarrhea.

I'll have that occasionally but nothing like the constipation. I think I'd rather have water like stool than the pain of this LOL

Im the same, i get it for the first two three days then it goes. I also get really bad cramping. It used to be so bad in the past that i couldnt even move, i would just lay in bed for the first two days. But thank God, im not so bad now.

I usually have the opposite problem, major diarrhea.

Edited June 7, 200818 yr by gg2007BandSTAR

I manage to get both major diarrhoea and constipation . On the day I get it, I always know before it comes because I start the day off with really heavy cramps and diarrhoea. I usually take an entire box of panadeine over the next 48 hours, so by Day 3 I have constipation, lasting until it finishes on Day 6. Such a lot of fun...NOT!! :thumbup:

Edited June 8, 200818 yr by Fanny Adams

I voted neither as these are problems all the time (constipation depending on diet) not just TOM

lol well I am not banded yet, so I think i dont get constipated as much as someone who cant eat as much. But i do get really constipated and have painful hemmoroids during TOM

I usually get the oposite problem, But for the last several years up till the last 6months or so have had really soft and often bowels. Now that I have doubled the veggies in my diet and started eliminating carbs the toothpaste consistency and multiple movements a day has gone away. lol But I still get it back durring TOM.

Exceedingly odd...I get diarrhea during my period, but never constipation. My cramps had leveled off and dwindled before I had my first fibroid tumor complication (it passed spontaneosly) but now they are back.

Seems no matter what I eat before my TOM, I'm always getting diarrhea...makes me dread it. :crying:

My OBGYN told me it was part hormones, part endometriosis.I would be so constipated that I was almost impacted. I had a complete hysterectomy and have never felt better.