How many vets are actually AT goal and staying there?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

It is the small miracles that bring happiness.

[No game 14,437]

It is the small miracles that bring happiness.

Miracle indeed!

[tparkerc59 334]

Fiddleman is just bragging! Lol....I buy Miralax in BULK and I'm lucky if I produce a BM once a week!

[lsereno 2,525]

Well I'm happy to say that I'm back to my regular AM schedule and have been since around 8 months out. Right after surgery, I had diarrhea and then when that went away I was often constipated until I could eat enough to get some Fiber in. I had a brief fling with Metamucil but I hated drinking it. I relied on Colace during the Constipation phase.

Lynda

[No game 14,437]

Fiddleman is just bragging! Lol....I buy Miralax in BULK and I'm lucky if I produce a BM once a week!

Hehe.. Same here! I just bought bulk psyllium seed husks.. Still not working!

I had issues before surgery with it, so not surprised that its still an issue.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Take Magnesium. The lady at the health food store told me about it. It makes sense.

Milk of Mag is just magnesium

I take 2 before bed and it's made a huge difference.

[No game 14,437]

Take Magnesium. The lady at the health food store told me about it. It makes sense.

Milk of Mag is just magnesium

I take 2 before bed and it's made a huge difference.

When ever I hear magnesium I think of the nasty magnesium citrate they made me drink before surgery... Is that the same thing?

[BethinPA 305]

The worst is when my normal routine is disrupted. I came home from a mini vacation and went right for the bottle of dulcolax!

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Hehe.. Same here! I just bought bulk psyllium seed husks.. Still not working!

I had issues before surgery with it' date=' so not surprised that its still an issue.[/quote']

Try some more caffeine. It may not seem like it would work, but it has been helping me have a killer regularity (yet, not diarhea) after doing the Miralax / chia seed combo forever. Miralax / chia seeds is pretty good about getting me a BM every day, but sometimes 2 or 3 days sneak in. Ever since I have been upping my caffeine supplement, I not only have way more energy to workout, but also have as a side effect, a BM multiple times a day. Again, Life's little miracles. I do suck down a lot of Water to keep hydrated, but sometimes am short and end up with cramps of muscle stiffness. Whenever this happens, I work on coconut water and/or g2. I swear it has really helped in a good way. Oh the things we chat about.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

The worst is when my normal routine is disrupted. I came home from a mini vacation and went right for the bottle of dulcolax!

I know exactly what you mean! Any flight messes up regularity in a big way. Must be the combination of sitting in a plane for many hours and breathing in cabin air ( probably dehydrating in some way). Need a cure for that one!

[feedyoureye 3,087]

Hijack much? This might best be covered in a separate post?

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

This will be the end of hijack , promise. After all, regularity helps with weight loss.

Magnesium oxide capsules. completely different than that nasty stuff you drink.

[feedyoureye 3,087]

...Let me be the last one to Hijack... read this, 4 part article, that talks about the importance of what comes out "the other end"! and weight.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/gut-microbiome-bacteria-weight-loss?page=1

Most intersesting!

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Nothing helps me work up a good BM like going for a run. I swear as soon as I get 2 miles from the house it's like a fire alarm goes off in my shorts. TMI?

[Georgia 2,911]

Nothing helps me work up a good BM like going for a run. I swear as soon as I get 2 miles from the house it's like a fire alarm goes off in my shorts. TMI?

Um, yeah!! But I will say this. My daughter, the runner, has squatted behind trees and pulled odd her undies and tossed them because she couldn't get back to civilization (ie BR) quick enough. So I guess I wish I was a runner?? . Nah!