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Logging bowel movement between the bristol scale

Sometimes a bowel movement will come out for example half type 2 and half type 4. It’s very clear what types the two sides are but how do you log it? I choose type 3 but it would be nicer to instead be able to mark “type 2 and type 4” without marking it instead as multiple bowel movements.

Or sometimes a bowel movement is for example somewhere between a type 3 and type 4, but you have to pick one. It would be nice to have the option to say it’s between two types, a type 3.5 if you will.

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Suggested 21 September 2022 by user Amy

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  • 21 September 2022 Amy suggested this task

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    Eoghan

    Hey Amy, thank you for taking the time to make this suggestion. This is a good point and I can see how it would be useful.

    07 October 2022

  • 09 November 2022 Eoghan approved this task

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    Jordan

    This would be useful! I’d modify the request to include the option to save a BM or failed BM without logging Bristol type at all, since I’m also tracking times that I had to run to the bathroom but couldn’t actually go, and the bowel section is the most logical place for that. I’ve tried using a factor for it, but since I still need to select the Bristol type to save, I’m generating false records that complicate my analysis. It’s also irritating to have an automatic public toilet disappear the evidence before I can log, so I have to make up that information half the time anyway. I’d much rather have Bristol type be an optional detail I can add when I have that information.

    20 September 2024
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    Maria Kjær

    Yes please to both of the suggestions. It would be so helpful to me as well 🙏🏼

    10 January 2025
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    rsbrux

    It’s not necessary to include a Bristol type. I leave it out, unless there is something unusual. Jordan’s suggestion can be easily handled by adding “none” (an “X”) to the existing “Amount” options, similar to the scales already in place for “Strain” and “Pain”. BTW, as a workaround, you can also add your own classification “tags” at the bottom of the section by clicking on the “+” there.

    Friday