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Menopause and running

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DocM 7 Jan 1:06pm, 7 Jan 2025 50,671 posts	0 DocM * agrees with @TheScribbler and then ducks back under the parapet *
geordiegirl 7 Jan 1:20pm, 7 Jan 2025 26,113 posts	0 geordiegirl No need to duck Doc and thanks Scribbler. A friend & I were discussing food intolerances. It’s the cost of Zoe that puts me off. Hopefully logging food will show a trigger, I ate a lot less bread over Xmas but I also wasn’t eating normal meals. Although severe bloating isn’t unusual neither.
Velociraptor 7 Jan 2:14pm, 7 Jan 2025 73,090 posts	0 Velociraptor @geordiegirl tinkering around with food is fine, and even quite spectacular bloating does often end up being attributed to diet and/or stress, but do see about getting your digestive system investigated.
geordiegirl 7 Jan 3:13pm, 7 Jan 2025 26,116 posts	0 geordiegirl Thanks vrap, I have an appointment on the 20th so will include this
Velociraptor 7 Jan 4:11pm, 7 Jan 2025 73,092 posts	0 Velociraptor
cackleberry 7 Jan 6:57pm, 7 Jan 2025 4,479 posts	0 cackleberry What actually IS the bloating? Is it gas or fluid? I sometimes get it, can't see my own feet.
Velociraptor 7 Jan 7:35pm, 7 Jan 2025 73,096 posts	0 Velociraptor It's your nerves https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(51)80088-X/pdf It was called "abdominal proptosis" when I was a medical student (Partly gas, you'd be in no doubt if you had intestinal/peritoneal cavity fluid shifts sufficient to swell you up visibly, and partly relaxed abdominal wall muscles.)
Velociraptor 7 Jan 7:36pm, 7 Jan 2025 73,097 posts	0 Velociraptor https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(51)80088-X/pdf Trying that link again.
Velociraptor 7 Jan 7:37pm, 7 Jan 2025 73,098 posts	0 Velociraptor Dammit. But it's pasteable.
cackleberry 7 Jan 8:38pm, 7 Jan 2025 4,480 posts	0 cackleberry Yes, gas sounds less disastrous!