Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 The pain medications cause the constipation so I was told. One has to eat more fibre or take metamucil every day. from Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 The pain medications cause the constipation so I was told. One has to eat more fibre or take metamucil every day. from Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 I've always had a problem with constipation since I started having pancreatitis. For a while, I was taking laxatives on a regular basis. The brand I used was from Walgreens called Nature's ? I can't remember the full name, but the beginning is Nature's, it's a green and white box. Over the past couple of years I've switched to eating prunes on a daily basis. It usually only takes 3 or 4 of those and I'm just fine. They taste better than the pill and are healthier for you. You could try those or prune juice. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 I've always had a problem with constipation since I started having pancreatitis. For a while, I was taking laxatives on a regular basis. The brand I used was from Walgreens called Nature's ? I can't remember the full name, but the beginning is Nature's, it's a green and white box. Over the past couple of years I've switched to eating prunes on a daily basis. It usually only takes 3 or 4 of those and I'm just fine. They taste better than the pill and are healthier for you. You could try those or prune juice. Kimber -- Kimber hominid2@... California State Chapter Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2001 Report Share Posted August 9, 2001 > The pain medications cause the constipation so I was told. One has to eat > more fibre or take metamucil every day. from Canada Thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2001 Report Share Posted August 20, 2001 Hi I have been reading several messages about constipation. I think we need to be very careful here. We need to differentiate between real constipation and the person's inability to push. My wife doesn't get constipated, but she has great difficulty with her bowels because she can no longer exert any pressure on them. Some time ago, we were taking quite a cocktail of things to help her problems and eventually went to a gastroenterologist who scrapped the whole cocktail and put her on Bisolvon(bromhexine hydrochloride) and Epsom Salts. That worked for quite a while until recently. As some of you know, we have a hospital here in Melbourne that has a special ward of about 30 beds for people with progressive neurological illnesses and offers respite care and ongoing assessments. is part of their program and has regular respite there. They have recently introduced a bowel regime for whereby she takes Coloxyl(docusate sodium)each day and Senna-cot (stool softener) every other evening, and then the next morning I give her Glycerin suppositories. This works most of the time which means she has a bowel action every other day. So I would suggest that Carers who think the person they are caring for might be constipated, should really visit a gastroenterologist and their local movement disorder centre if there is one. To those of you who sometimes contact me direct, I'm sorry I have been quiet lately but things have been quite difficult lately. I have now hired a live-in housekeeper cum carer who is here for 5 days a week and I have a former registered nurse coming in for 6 hours a day on the other 2 days. Even so, I still seem to be exhausted, but without the help, I doubt I would survive. Regards aka the wombat from beautiful Melbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2001 Report Share Posted August 20, 2001 (wombat) Sorry to hear that is not doing well. Charlotte has been using docusate sodium for years and does reasonably well on it. Glad you got some help. You need to look after the wombat too. Have you talked to the doctor about feeling exhausted? You need care too. Take care, I do know the feeling Bill and Charlotte -------------------------------------------- wwwombat@... wrote: > Hi > > I have been reading several messages about constipation. I think we > need to be very careful here. We need to differentiate between real > constipation and the person's inability to push. My wife > doesn't get constipated, but she has great difficulty with her bowels > because she can no longer exert any pressure on them. > > Some time ago, we were taking quite a cocktail of things to help her > problems and eventually went to a gastroenterologist who scrapped the > whole cocktail and put her on Bisolvon(bromhexine hydrochloride) and > Epsom Salts. That worked for quite a while until recently. As some > of you know, we have a hospital here in Melbourne that has a special > ward of about 30 beds for people with progressive neurological > illnesses and offers respite care and ongoing assessments. > is part of their program and has regular respite there. > > They have recently introduced a bowel regime for whereby she > takes Coloxyl(docusate sodium)each day and Senna-cot (stool softener) > every other evening, and then the next morning I give her Glycerin > suppositories. This works most of the time which means she has a > bowel action every other day. > > So I would suggest that Carers who think the person they are caring > for might be constipated, should really visit a gastroenterologist > and their local movement disorder centre if there is one. > > To those of you who sometimes contact me direct, I'm sorry I have > been quiet lately but things have been quite difficult lately. I > have now hired a live-in housekeeper cum carer who is here for 5 days > a week and I have a former registered nurse coming in for 6 hours a > day on the other 2 days. Even so, I still seem to be exhausted, but > without the help, I doubt I would survive. > > Regards > aka the wombat > from beautiful Melbourne > > If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may > unsubscribe by sending a blank email to > > shydrager-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 , Oatmeal is a fat soluable fiber, so it may be a problem with how your mom's stomach processes fats. As I said - experiment until you find the right solution. Keeping a record of what is eaten along with temp, BP etc. helps. It may take as much as three days for something to work in the case of constipation. Take care, Bill and Charlotte Rehm wrote: > (and others), > > In the case of my mom, we have tried all sorts of laxitives and fruits never > worked to the fullest extent. Quite by accident, we found that homemade > oatmeal cookies (with an extra cup of oatmeal added to the mix) has been the > best home-made remedy. They dont take long to make - and they taste good > too. Granted the receipe calls for quite a bit of sugar, but in the end, its > the oatmeal that seems to work best for her. > > > ------- > > Werre wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Remember that every MSA patient is different. Therefore there is NO one > > medicine or cure for constipation. Many people here use laxitives, > > others use a high bulk diet and others like Charlotte can not use > > laxitives so they rely on stool softeners. Believe me, if yiou used a > > laxitive on Charlotte, you would have one huge mess! > > > > In Charlotte's case (nurses now believe me!) all it takes is one > > tablespoon (60 mg of ducsolate sodium) one a day for two days - then one > > day without and back. You need to find something that works - then > > experiment with timing. Don't assume what works for one will work for > > another. MSA does not work that way. > > > > Since most MSA patients have extremely hard stools which look like a > > pile of small cannon balls - a little stool softener will make the outer > > surface a little soft and the whole thing will slip out - which makes a > > horrible noise in the porta potty KLUNK!!!! > > > > It is best to start that way - diet (prunes, bran, etc) then try a small > > dose of stool softener and laxitives - then as a last resort the other > > alternatives. Don't start with laxitives or enemas, or you may start > > something you never wanted! > > > > Take care, Bill and Charlotte > > > > Note - they gave Charlotte a laxitive last week (after I told them > > Colace) and nothing happened except they knew she was in pain. They > > finially gave her Colace - the plug popped out within hours and the > > laxative then worked too well - for almost 24 hours! Oh well, the good > > news is that the people who did not listen to me had to clean her up > > (hourly) ) (Big Evil Grin) > > > > If you do not wish to belong to shydrager, you may > > unsubscribe by sending a blank email to > > > > shydrager-unsubscribe > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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