Hello, as the title says I’m pretty worried about my current situation. I’ve never really struggled with constipation before but have rather struggled my whole life with diarrhea.
As of 4 months or so ago I get these random back and forth battles of diarrhea, then constipation for a couple weeks. Originally I thought it was because of my fluid intake, and I work a demanding job so I needed to be more on top of it. Maybe I was right, idk.
I started taking MiraLAX once or twice a week whenever I would get constipated and it would (usually) resolve itself within a couple days. Then I would go a few weeks normal, then have severe diarrhea, and then be constipated again. Sounds much like IBS to me but I’m not sure.
Anyways, I’m constipated right now and have been for about a week now. Granted, with proper MiraLAX usage everyday, and water intake it has been days in the last week where stuff went “smoother”, not necessarily “smoothly”. I work a job in EMS, and I know that if I feel bad abdominal pain, or vomit or seen blood in stool then I need to go to an ER.
Monday 5-4-2026, I have an appointment with my primary care doctor as he wanted to see me to make sure I’ll be ok. But, my mind is racing, instantly going to the worst that it may be colon cancer (lol). But what makes me worried is this week things will seem to get better, then the next day I’m constipated again.
My mother has a ton of food intolerances, so I’m wondering if it could be that. My anxiety tells me that this will never get better although I know that’s not true. I’m just looking for someone to tell me that things are gonna get better than have been in my shoes.
Thanks for reading my super duper long post ❤️