Constipation

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We use " Miralax " . It is a prescription for constipation. Nothing had EVER

worked for , until Miralax. Suppositories on a daily basis were our

life, he had hemmroids so bad and we tryed all other over the counter and

prescribed medication. You might research it or ask your DR.

Heidi Harmon

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Hailey has takes 1 packet of Kristalose each morning mixed in with her

juice. This was given to her by her GI.

Kerry

karen earlywine wrote:

hi

does any of your kids have trouble with bowel movements? if so what do

you do for them? we finally got brigitte to go but i hate to keep using

a enima on her. that seems to be the only way she can go lately and

i can't get her in to see dr walsh. any ideas? thanks karen

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Thanks to those who offered advice. I do drink 8-10 glasses of water

a day. I don't eat much fruit or veggies -- mostly protein and a few

bites of veggies. I don't do too well yet with anything raw so I'm

not getting much fiber from foods. I tried the flax o' meal cereal

with 10 grams of fiber but that didn't help. I don't take any iron so

I know it's not that. Does anyone know anything about the drug

zelnorm? I see it advertised to help with Irritable Bowel with

Constipation. I had heard lots of stories about how folks who had

G/BP had problems with diarrhea not being constipated, so I never

expected this to happen.

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Somedays I have a hard time too. I haven't had my surgery, but I am getting

prepared for how life will be like after surgery. At first I brought a

gallon jog of water and told myself I have to drink at least that during the

day. Seeing that huge jug on my desk at work was hard and I had a difficult

time drinking even half of it. So, what I did was buy 20 oz bottled water.

I figure if I drink three of them during work I'm extremely close to drink a

gallon of water. We basically have most of the air conditioning off at work

because (all the thin people) are cold all the time. So they close the

vents. The number of overweight people in our department are 6 and the rest

of us have to bring in fans to keep cooler. So, for me it's become

extremely easy to drink all that water because I am constantly thirsty.

Today, I have drank at least 4 - 20 oz waters, 2 - 20 oz watered down

Crystal Light Pink Lemonade and one protein shake. I feel like Orca the

whale! But I am drinking my water.

Eileen

Re: Constipation

, how far out are you? I'm 6 weeks post op myself and having a

terrible time getting my water in. I'd like to know how you manage to get

8-10 glasses in! Given that I'm not supposed to drink 30 min prior to a

meal, the 30 min of the meal, and 30 min after the meal, that's 4 1/2 hours

right there. I usually have a snack or a protein shake sometime in the

day, so that adds at least another 90 min where I can't drink...other than

getting up in the middle of the night, I can't seem to figure out how to

get all this water in by sip-sip-sipping in the time I have. What is

working for you? Thanks for your help,

Kelley

RNY 5/12/04

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cathysthecook wrote:

> Thanks to those who offered advice. I do drink 8-10 glasses of water

> a day. I don't eat much fruit or veggies -- mostly protein and a few

> bites of veggies. I don't do too well yet with anything raw so I'm

> not getting much fiber from foods. I tried the flax o' meal cereal

> with 10 grams of fiber but that didn't help. I don't take any iron so

> I know it's not that. Does anyone know anything about the drug

> zelnorm? I see it advertised to help with Irritable Bowel with

> Constipation. I had heard lots of stories about how folks who had

> G/BP had problems with diarrhea not being constipated, so I never

> expected this to happen.

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