Guest guest Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 (Note: I posted this on one other board because I couldn't remember where the flax seed experts reside. So sorry if some of you run into this twice.) I bought some flax seed yesterday and I ground it with my coffee bean grinder. It mixes well with my protein shake. I knew it was in there so I thought that psychologically I would think my shake tasted bad, but it didn't. Yeah!! My question is since it aids in constipation, should I discontinue my stool softner? I take 5 a day (yes, 5 - my constipation problem is that bad & 5 seems to do the trick) in order to have bowel movements that don't need surgical removal (LOL - sorry- TMI). My concern is that I end up with the opposite problem. I did cut down to 3 for today. Just a little apprehensive. Have cut down on stoof softeners before & lived to regret it. <G> Also since flax seed is a good source of the omega-3's, should I discontinue the coremega? Any help from the flax seed experts out there will be greatly appreciated. Have a great Sunday. Lorraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Lorraine.......the flaxseed really does the " trick " for me. I have at least 2 TBLSP a day......sometimes 3 or 4. It would probably be a good idea to wean off of the stool softeners. I would try 4 for a few days, see how that goes, then 3 and so on.......you may end up with a balance of both. My problem is/was not as bad as yours.....mostly would only come on when I took any kind of narcotic......I have now been on narcotics for almost 2 months and had no problems.......hope it works for you!!!!!! P. flax seed question... > (Note: I posted this on one other board because I couldn't remember > where the flax seed experts reside. So sorry if some of you run into > this twice.) > > I bought some flax seed yesterday and I ground it with my coffee bean > grinder. It mixes well with my protein shake. I knew it was in there > so I thought that psychologically I would think my shake tasted bad, > but it didn't. Yeah!! > > My question is since it aids in constipation, should I discontinue my > stool softner? I take 5 a day (yes, 5 - my constipation problem is > that bad & 5 seems to do the trick) in order to have bowel movements > that don't need surgical removal (LOL - sorry- TMI). My concern is > that I end up with the opposite problem. I did cut down to 3 for > today. Just a little apprehensive. Have cut down on stoof softeners > before & lived to regret it. <G> Also since flax seed is a good > source of the omega-3's, should I discontinue the coremega? > > Any help from the flax seed experts out there will be greatly > appreciated. > > Have a great Sunday. > > Lorraine > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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