Re: serious constipation on small bowel -- need advice, sandy?

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I hope others here have dealt with this and can share advice too.

this severe constipatin is pretty unusual. Most places add

alaxative to the barium to prevent constipation.

If you have no medical problems involving the bowel, a Fleet enema

should do the trick. OTC at any pharmacy. get 2, and use one per

instructions. If that is not effective, use the second one. Do check

with your doc to be sure this if ok.

then, be sure to follow the bandster nutrition needs, to prevent

futher constipation.

Be sure to get the minimum 80-100 oz a day of no-cal fluids, the 25-

30 gm a day of fiber, and lots of veggies.

Bandsters are prone to constipation anyway, so we have to be careful

to eat well. We can also take a daily supplement like Benefiber, but

real foods are far better, and promote our weight loss. the

supplements do not, so should be used only as a last resort.

hope this helps -

Sandy

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>

> I had my annual upper GI in early december and a Bone scan 2 weeks

later - and they could still see the barium in me

>

> by late december the movement had slowed to a crawl (from once a

week to none) -- I've taken Rx'd lactulos, which got some out, but in

the last week I've took Lactulos, stool softners, miralax, eLax,

ton's of fruit, etc - and nothing

>

> so I went to the doc yeterday and she ordered an xray

>

> the xray showed " small bowel impaction " so she said to keep taking

miralx

> I did an internet search and most of it is on " small bowel

blockages " -- but an impaction and turn into a blockage quicklyI am

concerned - but I'll call my doc on monday if I have not hand any

progress this weekend or if I get any abdominal pain. I just hope

the barium from the upper GI is not sill in there 4+ weeks later-- I

would think if it was my stomach would be very distented.I did get

some out this morning- but that could have all be in my large

intestine -- it's the small one that's the problem.

>

> any advice ??

>

> donna

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If you start throwing up call your doc or go to the ED, that would be a pretty

good indication things aren't moving any more.

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From: Donna Bernier <dbernier01@...>

>

> I had my annual upper GI in early december and a Bone scan 2 weeks later - and

> they could still see the barium in me

>

> by late december the movement had slowed to a crawl (from once a week to none)

> -- I've taken Rx'd lactulos, which got some out, but in the last week I've

took

> Lactulos, stool softners, miralax, eLax, ton's of fruit, etc - and nothing

>

> so I went to the doc yeterday and she ordered an xray

>

> the xray showed " small bowel impaction " so she said to keep taking miralx

> I did an internet search and most of it is on " small bowel blockages " -- but

an

> impaction and turn into a blockage quicklyI am concerned - but I'll call my

doc

> on monday if I have not hand any progress this weekend or if I get any

abdominal

> pain. I just hope the barium from the upper GI is not sill in there 4+ weeks

> later-- I would think if it was my stomach would be very distented.I did get

> some out this morning- but that could have all be in my large intestine --

it's

> the small one that's the problem.

>

> any advice ??

>

> donna

> _________________________________________________________________

> Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync.

> http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009

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