Guest guest Posted July 10, 2001 Report Share Posted July 10, 2001 Thanks for the list. However, I should point out that with many of our kids the problem isn't constipation per se as just in hard stools but just plain very slow transit of foods--any foods--and possibly extreme colon sensitivity which makes pain out of what would just be ordinary body processes for most people. In this case, adding more fiber often doesn't seem to help much if at all. This isn't to discourage a good fiber diet, just a reminder that the " remedies " that gp's and gastrointerologists often so glibly recite sometimes turn out to be dead-ends. I'm going to scream if one more doctor lectures me about more water and more fiber, as definitely is far from deficit in either of these areas. Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 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 Cathy, 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 5/12/04 374/328/175 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. > Cathy > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 I have this problem also,,,I have found that upping my water intake to at least 5 liters of water a day has helped,,of course I dump on sugar and that gives me the trots, runs or screamers,,,get out of the way,,LOL,,I also do at least two servings of fruit a day,,you might try some dried or fresh fruit,,I hope this helps,,Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 I am hoping that someone out there has experienced this. Is there anything that we can take for constiption? Thank you all. Sheri in Michigan lap 5/25/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Milk of Magnesium, which tastes God awful! Carol Matar Post op 10/31/03 Lap RNY - Dr. Adam Naaman 405/262/135 Carol Matar -------------------------- Sent from my wireless handheld CONSTIPATION I am hoping that someone out there has experienced this. Is there anything that we can take for constiption? Thank you all. Sheri in Michigan lap 5/25/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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