I still have no answer. I guess knowing that you all are out there with the same thing took the ergency out of finding the answer but, don't get me wrong, I'm still going to find out and I will post the answer as soon as I find out. I've got this thread of posts bookmarked so I will continue to keep you updated. I still haven't found any answers online (other then I still think it looks like the section the eggs of tape worms are released in, based on a photo on the internet of those) the doctor is sure it isn't a parasite or tape worm egg and I asked and she said it isn't fat or cholestral being released (I am on cholesteral reducing meds). The doctors guess was undigested pills and I am possitive it isn't. None of my pills are that large. These things we all seem to have are really bean shaped like a navy bean, I would say. I've been so busy for the holidays but I still am taking another sample in as soon as possible. Please if anyone else beats me to it let us all know.
I guess to have them properly tested by pathology they need to be in a container from the clinic not one from home. They have to be placed in some sterile liquid. They wouldn't take my last samples because of that.
I guess the good thing is we're all still around and reading this!
I guess to have them properly tested by pathology they need to be in a container from the clinic not one from home. They have to be placed in some sterile liquid. They wouldn't take my last samples because of that.
I guess the good thing is we're all still around and reading this!
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well, i had the same issue and saw that others were waiting anxiously, too.
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seems that these folks say 'casein' (found in milk AND possibly pill codings) can cause these 'curds' resembling lima beans.
i take pill capsules and the coating could be causing this, since i do not do dairy at all.
i am not certain and barely researched, but thought i'd add my 2 cents...
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MaryBeth thank you! Great job researching and in my opinion that is the best answer I've heard to date! I'm still going to take in samples after thefirst of the year but, I'm quite sure you've discovered the answer. I'll be keeping in touch as soon as I have anything to add to your information.
Thanks bunches!
Shirley
Thanks bunches!
Shirley
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While this sounds like the "beans" we all seem to be talking about I notice the article you reference is for infants. I don't drink milk so I don't think that would apply to me but I have the same symptoms. I am going to a gastro doctor Jan 22 and I will take three or four of these things with me and see what he says
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yeah so today i made a massive dump
since the new year i was sick till the 6th vomiting and having one shart i guess not a solid stool but not enough to count for Diarrhea. and since then i've been doing ok but when i took the biggest one since being sick, there was a fairly large black not brownish pitch black, thing that had either come out last or worked it's way through the full bowl, floating on what little water was left.
it's spongy bigger than any bean i'd ever eaten and the last drug i'd taken was IB profen on new years day!
idk i know it's not poop
and i barely ate anything since being sick
it's about the size of a good pineapple chunk
since the new year i was sick till the 6th vomiting and having one shart i guess not a solid stool but not enough to count for Diarrhea. and since then i've been doing ok but when i took the biggest one since being sick, there was a fairly large black not brownish pitch black, thing that had either come out last or worked it's way through the full bowl, floating on what little water was left.
it's spongy bigger than any bean i'd ever eaten and the last drug i'd taken was IB profen on new years day!
idk i know it's not poop
and i barely ate anything since being sick
it's about the size of a good pineapple chunk
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My situation started about 8 months ago, when I noticed a bean shaped object (yellowish-orange) in my stool. They are always the same shape, color and size (and they float). I have the most irregular BM, mostly loose yellow and slimy. Anyway, I took one into my Dr.s 3 weeks ago and they wouldn't accept it because it wasn't collected properly, however he thought it looked like a pill casing--nope, I haven't taken any vitamins and the meds I take look nothing like it. Then he thought it might be a parasite egg--(OMG, I hope not, can't imagine the size of a parasite that would lay an egg that big). So he ordered a stool sample to be sent to the lab..and a visit with a GI Dr. to schedule a colonoscopy. Haven't heard the results from the lab, but have appointment Jan. 16th. with GI Dr. This is really freaking me out....I thought I might be passing a cyst...I will post the results when I have some info, till then, I guess we're in this together....
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I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one with this problem. It's even happened once after 24 hrs on clear liquids. I have other symptoms as well from colitis. My doc doesn't seem concerned, but I am... Seems something isn't working properly. Really curious to see if there is finally an answer.
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Okay! Has anybody found out what this is yet?? I had a bean like thing back in the summer and I thought it was a flaxseed capsule that I was taking so I stopped it. But it happened again last night and tonight. The same odd looking bean shaped beigey looking squshy thing. I am starting to get a little worried. Has anybody looked at changes in your diet?
I need answers and I'm too embarrased to call the doctor.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with this problem.
Please reply!!!
I need answers and I'm too embarrased to call the doctor.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with this problem.
Please reply!!!
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My doctor says don't worry. Mine are the undisolved time release capsules from a medicine I take. I pass three or four of them a day and I take four pills a days. So there you go folks, quit worrying and have a good day.
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I don't know. I take several medications a day and almost all of them are pills not capsules. And I think this is bigger than any pill or capsule I take. Plus I don't see it everyday. How did you bring this up with your Dr?
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This is NOT from a pill..I don't know what they are yet but definately not from a capsule. These are shaped like a navy bean and filled with with soft filling and I take no capsules. I can see up to 3 or 4 of these a day. The pills I take are much smiller and round. So I know for sure, this is not caused by a capsule.
I had hoped to return to my doctor before now but another person here said they were taking samples in too. I've taken samples in twice and the 2nd time they told me I had to come in and get a specific container to put samples in. I haven't been back to the doctor yet.
I'm more convinced than ever that these are tape worm sections (they have a specific name) that cary the eggs. I have seen other things in my stool that look like sections of tape worm but, don't get alarmed, this is ONLY what I am beginning to think they are. I also read that having tape worm is often diagnosed as IBS. I guess the bright side is we can get rid of them if that is what they are.
Please if anyone else can get a sample tested and not just a doctor's guess, let us know. Even if it is embarrassing it is important!
I had hoped to return to my doctor before now but another person here said they were taking samples in too. I've taken samples in twice and the 2nd time they told me I had to come in and get a specific container to put samples in. I haven't been back to the doctor yet.
I'm more convinced than ever that these are tape worm sections (they have a specific name) that cary the eggs. I have seen other things in my stool that look like sections of tape worm but, don't get alarmed, this is ONLY what I am beginning to think they are. I also read that having tape worm is often diagnosed as IBS. I guess the bright side is we can get rid of them if that is what they are.
Please if anyone else can get a sample tested and not just a doctor's guess, let us know. Even if it is embarrassing it is important!
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How did I bring it up? You have got to be kidding. I just took some of them in a jar and showed him. I told him I had noticed these in my bowl for a few weeks. Nothing to it.
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Why don't you make it a POINT to take a sample to the lab if it is so important to you. Everyone here seems to be embarrassed by asking a doctor a question. Good grief, are you adults or what. For your information my doctor did not quess, He had them anaylized and they were time release glucophage tablets
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This just started happening to me. I had my gall bladder removed and started taking Glucophage last month. I thought it was a digestive issue, but I'm glad to hear that a doctor analyzed them as Glucophage. Thanks for the insight.
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Do you take the big white glucophage pills?
I don't take the time release capsules.
To Okiechoochoo - Perhaps everyone is not as comfortable as you are talking about your body and its problems! But be assured, if this continues I WILL call the doctor. I just hate to run to the doctor for every little thing!
I don't take the time release capsules.
To Okiechoochoo - Perhaps everyone is not as comfortable as you are talking about your body and its problems! But be assured, if this continues I WILL call the doctor. I just hate to run to the doctor for every little thing!
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