Guest guest Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Chronic constipation can be caused by magnesium deficiency. If you're taking large doses of calcium, you should take 1/2 as much magnesium citrate, at a separate time. Here's more info . . . http://www.mgwater.com/ Subject: Re: HELP URGENT Hi, I have the same problem with constipation. I take benefiber everyday and also have added flax cereal to my diet once a day. Sometimes I still get stopped up and Yes, I do drink my fluids. I use the Milk of magnesia chews if I have gone more than 4 days now. The colace had no effect on me whatsoever. You do have to be careful with using commercial laxatives, though. Hawkridge in Washington State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 How is your exercise? A very vital part of keeping your bowels moving is walking and exercising. Also, have you been eating fruits and vegetables? That can be very beneficial too. > I know I've asked this before, (maybe some new wonder cure/drug has > been discovered since the last time I asked) but I am having a > terrible time with severe constipation. I had lap rny on Jan 22, > 2004. I drink the 8-10 glasses of wate a day, I take 3 stool > softeners at bedtime, and daily I take 4-5 grams of fiber (pills) > with meals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Cathy, The most common cause of constipation is not drinking enough water. The process is: You body requires a certain amount of water to exist. If one is not taking in enough, the body must find it elsewhere. The only place is the feces. The body will remove water from your waste. What happens is the stool becomes small and hard. Also because it is so small, it moves through your system much, much slower. Because it's so small and hard, it becomes so hard to deficate one must strain hard. Causing or making hemorroids worse. Ed Kemper & Delores edkemper@... > I know I've asked this before, (maybe some new wonder cure/drug has > been discovered since the last time I asked) but I am having a > terrible time with severe constipation. I had lap rny on Jan 22, > 2004. I drink the 8-10 glasses of wate a day, I take 3 stool > softeners at bedtime, and daily I take 4-5 grams of fiber (pills) > with meals. Nothing is helping. I am only having a bowel movement > every 2-3 days and it is like cement and very painful. I now have > major hemorrhoids that bleed sometimes from the strain. To date I > haven't lost much weight either. I believe mostly because of this > problem. I was 224 the day of surgery and am 196 today. Only 38 > pounds in 5 months. Yes it's 38 pounds that I couldn't loose before, > but this has really been difficult. My husband is trying to be > supportive, but this has really effected him too. You can imagine > how interested I am (not) in spending " intimate time " with him when I > feel so lousy. I really need help. I asked my doctor about this and > she put me on lactulose syrup. I tried it 2 times and threw up both > times from it. > Cathy > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Try two regular fig newtons a day...a nice treat too!! Tracee > I know I've asked this before, (maybe some new wonder cure/drug has > been discovered since the last time I asked) but I am having a > terrible time with severe constipation. I had lap rny on Jan 22, > 2004. I drink the 8-10 glasses of wate a day, I take 3 stool > softeners at bedtime, and daily I take 4-5 grams of fiber (pills) > with meals. Nothing is helping. I am only having a bowel movement > every 2-3 days and it is like cement and very painful. I now have > major hemorrhoids that bleed sometimes from the strain. To date I > haven't lost much weight either. I believe mostly because of this > problem. I was 224 the day of surgery and am 196 today. Only 38 > pounds in 5 months. Yes it's 38 pounds that I couldn't loose before, > but this has really been difficult. My husband is trying to be > supportive, but this has really effected him too. You can imagine > how interested I am (not) in spending " intimate time " with him when I > feel so lousy. I really need help. I asked my doctor about this and > she put me on lactulose syrup. I tried it 2 times and threw up both > times from it. > Cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 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 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...
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