Why is it that when you have a significant amount of bowel movements you get worried but then when you have only like 2-3 throughout the day you get worried. I think it might be all mental games we play with ourselves. If you have easier to pass watery stool you get worried and if you have harder to pass more solid stool you get worried. Its such a rollercoaster ride. The only thing I've avoided doing at those times is going on this site cause then I get myself more worried about a variety of different things.
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I have def noticed that with this illness/ recovery, speaking for myself... I think its 99% mental games we tend to play with ourselves and by doing this we decrease our quality of life.. I love this website because of the support buy its a double edged sword. We come here for one issue and begin reading about others problems and think hey maybe I have that...
Eventually you will get to the point where you won't even think twice about how many bm's per day you are having. As long as you are feeling well, that's all that really matters.
I've worried about that before and think it has to do with what we eat. Some things have longer transit times than others. Some days we just go more than others. Going away for a few days changes mine as I tend to eat differently than at home. Eating a rapid transit food, like the romaine lettuce in my chicken roll-up yesterday speeds things up and some foods slows things down, like bagels. As long as we aren't feeling uncomfortable or obstructed it's all ok! If worried you are not going enough drink a glass of apple, white grape or prune (yuk) juice 
I honestly do not do it conciously any more...as long as nothing is Wrong or there is no pain I just roll with it...it takes a while until you have seen it all (blue stool due to licorice, red from beets...the colours kind of freaked me out at first along with the one day water, one day mud and one day something different...)eventually you learn to control the output through the input and only freak with the unexpected changes like flu or other nasty viruses...
Take heart, it takes a while.
Sharon
Take heart, it takes a while.
Sharon
Yeah you are all right I'm sure it will pass with time I'm about 5 1/2 months post takedown so I'm still going through some of the psychological changes of it all. I have noticed I'm not as worried as I was in the beginning its starting to get a lot easier to accept certain feelings. This site also did help me a lot with preventative actions and diet tips. Its definitely a double edged sword though. I still think about the one post someone wrote labeled "borrowing trouble". Its soo true.