Constipation

When I flare I get super constipated from the inflammation. After 2-3 days I usually start eating prunes & up the fiber. If I haven't gone by Day 4 I use a laxative.

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Tabitha (Tab)

100mg Azathioprine, 2 Fibercon, Colazal-6 a day, Acidopholis Pearls, Prilosec OTC

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Thanks Tab and Katie :) I am getting very uncomfortable and I can feel the stool rubbing against any open sores have in there (yes, I'm bleeding too). So last night I took some Miralax and I still haven't had a bm. I have been drinking a lot of water, I've been using my suppositories (which is helping a little with the bleeding) and I had coffee this morning and I still don't feel the urge. Hopefully all the above will start kicking in soon. I have been having a lot of gurgling and bubbling in there so I know it's coming - just not soon enough! :)

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My GI recommended Milk of Magnesia after my hospital stay. I hadn't gone for about three days and I called him to ask what he recommended I do. He said to take MOM because it is the easiest stool softner on the body. He said sometimes the digestive system just needs a "little kick" to get going again.

Just wondering, how does Miralax work? I'd imagine that it's not a full force laxative since that can be really hard on the body.

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Age 22

For severe constipation the use of phospho-soda works, that's what it's for, of course you don't drink the whole bottle like when needed for prepping, just a couple of tsps full...but you know me, I'd sooner find a "natural way" like prune juice, ect...but like I said if a quick fix is needed then a "quick" acting OTC like phospho is there for it...or even using fleet enema.

:)

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My bum is broken....there's a big crack down the middle of it!  LOL  :)

Kashi is that all natural fiberous cereal/foods? Does it taste like cardboard? :) I seen it in the grocery store today and I thought about it but I didn't want to waste my money on something that tastes like a cardboard box.

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I can't stand Kashi cereal. Yuck.

But I really do like the Kashi cheddar crackers! They're super yummy!

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Pan-colitis and GERD diagnosed May 2003

 

Asacol 12 per day,  Azathioprine 75mg, Rowasa and Canasa as needed

Aciphex, Effexor XR, BCP, Rhinocort nasal spray

Forvia and a Probiotic

 

Osteopenia (hip and spine) from prednisone use.  Started Azathioprine because I was steroid dependent.

 

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You know Carol, that's exactly what happened to me last time when I had the D&C - I tried fiber first and it made me more miserable and super bloated with no results. That is why I didn't even bother with fiber this time around and just went straight to the laxative.

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Yeah, I tried to make him go every natural way I could think of, but those darned meds are tough on the gut! I even get the hard stools, and I wondered if I took a stool softener if it would help, but I'm so afraid the "D" will come back! Hey, meant to ask how you are feeling now Sherry?

I rarely have C but I call constipation followed by D "constirea"- constipation that eventually breaks in the form of diarhea. I am always in a bit of suspense, hoping that maybe the long wait means I'll finally get a real, good ol' days full remission-quality log but no, usually it is just constirea.

I had one episode of severe constipation and constipation pain (3 days no BM) a year ago or so and broke it with, of all things, chinese bitter melon at a chinese restaurant. I remembered how it had caused me D once- obviously a bit laxative- and it worked in this case to get things regular again.

As far as phospha-soda goes (for laxative effect as opposed to cscope prep in this case), my reading as well as personal experience (as prep) is that the nu-litely/go-litely mixtures are much, much more gentle on the gut than the phospha-soda, which can cause severe and painful cramps.

Christopher

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Pancolitis dx'd 1986, full med-free remission 88-97

I can totally relate here!  It's weird because I'm in a flare right now....I get "urgencies" like I'm not going to make it...but when I try to go I'm constipated. It's like false alarms. Now, I'm never sure if my colon is "Crying Wolf" or not. LOL.

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~Aubrey

Hey Red.....Im always dealing with constipation. I am almost on a routine now where I eat and eat and eat for anywhere from 4 - 8 days and then my bowels will let things go in one big nasty. Anyways, my doc. wasnt too concerned with the delayed movements up to 5 days. When, I told him last time that it had been 7 days, he was a little concerned but nothing major. He recommended that I use LACTULOSE, which is suppose to be a NON STIMULANT that can be used as a complete clenser or a laxative.

Anyways, thats it, just thought I would share. Hope things start movin for ya soon.

keep smiling.

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Just diagnosed Aug. 14/07