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lrob23

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lrob23    6

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I haven't had a bowel movement in days.. and quite frankly I'm not sure when the last time was I had one. I was in the ER last week for kidney stones and was given pain medicine while I was there. At first, I figured that's why I haven't had a movement but I'm a week out and still nothing. I took some Milk of Magnesia this morning and still nothing. Any ideas? Tips?

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Ro Rookes    5

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22 hours ago, lrob23 said:

I haven't had a bowel movement in days.. and quite frankly I'm not sure when the last time was I had one. I was in the ER last week for kidney stones and was given pain medicine while I was there. At first, I figured that's why I haven't had a movement but I'm a week out and still nothing. I took some Milk of Magnesia this morning and still nothing. Any ideas? Tips?

Hi hun , why not try some warm clear apple juice. You will feel the warmth of it going through. Are you still taking meds as they will make you that way. The longest I went was 10 weeks. Xx

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I am a bowel queen haha.

Ok
1. Polyethylene glycol (laxaday) really helps with softening the stool. For a lot of people this is all they need. Some take 1 tsp a day. But I recommend a full dose per instructions
2. If you can feel it in the rectum, microlax is amazing. You will have a movement within 5 minutes. It is a stimulant laxative. Sometimes I struggle with incomplete evacuation and this helps.
3. Milk of magnesia, as you mentioned above, but it takes awhile to work.
4. Bisacodyl -softener meh, but it works
5. If you are still on analgesic medication, take docusate sodium or copacetic to help.
6. Citramag- this is if you have Constipation in the small bowel
7. Sennosides at night 8-16mg. This is a stimulating laxative as well. It helps, but can cause cramping. Best to take at night.

I have been impacted before and had to manually disimpact myself.
If you are fresh from surgery, do not take stimulating laxatives.

I have been so constipated that I have had approx 10kg of stool in my system. This required an oral fleet enema.

I recommend highly PEG/laxaday. It is a powder that you add to a drink. Tasteless, works well, and does not cause cramping. I like to have it in a savoury broth or a tea. You can even add it to coffee.

Happy pooping

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