CONSTIPATION--problem with so many of our drugs
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Hahahahah "bored & annoyed" versus roling on the floor holding your belly. YAY boredom.
DS would you write your recipe here again
(Waving) Hi everyone
MT how's the shoulder?0 -
Hi Sassy,
I buy the bagged dried fruits, 6 oz. bag of dried cranberries, 6 oz. bag of dried apricots, the golden raisins come in a box, and I can't recall the total ounces at the moment, but I use 1/4 of what's in the box, last but not least prunes, around 8-10 ounces. Sometimes the ounces varies depending on Brand that is available at the time I am at the grocery store. I add about 8 ounces of water to the pan, let sit for about 1 hr, bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer and leave it cooking 2-3 hrs. Half way thru cooking, I do check fluid level, sometimes I need to add a bit more water. Let cool, and store in fridge, use about 1/4 cup each day and "go".
dsgirl
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SAS - shoulder is still there. Thanks for asking. PT is continuing but I don't feel like I'm making much progress in getting range of motion back. Although maybe I am...baby steps.
Prolia shot was 7/7. One of the listed side effects is constipation. So far I haven't had any problems and I haven't added any more prune juice or changed my diet.
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MT, Try swimming if you can. There are three types of strokes I do. I have 99% ROM
On the prolia YAY no constipation.
Ds remind me(short memory which is getting shorter) I want to put your recipe in the topic box
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My, this thread is long. This may have been discussed before, but does anyone have an opinion on a "squatty potty." I'm thinking of buying one. Due to constipation, I developed or aggravated an existing rectocel. Using a senna tea and dried fruit recipe that has helped some, but everything seems to want to go to the rectocel rather than out. I have been told a "squatty potty" might help with proper evacuation. Any thoughts?
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labelle, I have the perfect person for you and she know's of a product that can be inexpensively purchased. Loveroflife is the one I'm going to find for you. She may have this in her favs
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That would be great. They aren't especially expensive, but I'd hate to just waste my money on something if it is junk or not likely to be helpful.
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What?! What product are you talking about Ms. Sassy? I'm no expert, but can share with Labelle what little I know. Hopefully, I make sense.
Labelle, I personally do not have any experience with the "squatty potty" because I don't have problems with chronic constipation. The science behind squatting is interesting and kind of make sense. Hope you can read the words in this illustration:
With this in mind, mirroring the squatting position supposedly helps with elimination. In most of Southeast Asian countries, it is not uncommon to find squat toilets:
You just need to make sure you position yourself correctly before you "go"
Not sure if there are any comparative studies out there regarding constipation rate in Southeast Asia vs. western countries. How effective is this squatty potty stool? Who knows? Rather than wasting your money on something that might not work, can't you use a stepping stool that you might already have or rest your feet on stacks of books or something similar to mimic the squatting position? Worse come to worse, you can hop on top of the toilet and assume the squatting position. Hah!
Sorry, I am not of much help. Ms. Sas, I behaved myself and found a picture of a clean squat toilet.
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Thanks Loverly, The stool is what I was thinking of. I was pretty sure you posted pics of it before.
A simple maneuver that can be done while evacuating is raise the knees and rest feet on the ball of the foot with the legs spread. Not as good as the other descriptions like the stool or books, but it can help.
The things we share
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I think it was our dear Mags who posted the picture of the potty stool.
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I had terrible, terrible constipation during chemo. I used Sennokot and RestoraLax without much success. I remembered seeing the squatty potty on Shark Tank and read more about the squat position on their website. But I couldn't find the squatty potty in stores, so I made my own using a short step stool. The squat works for me
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Hi Sas and ladies! Just popping in to say hello. Sas, did you see the Dr. Oz show "Why you Can't Poop on Vacation" - aired on 7/7/16. I can't share it here because it won't allow me to as I'm from Canada and not the U.S. Check it out!
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I found both "Squatty Potty" and GoPro brands on Amazon. Went with the GoPro. Just arrived today. We shall see!
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Labelle, good luck with the go
and the info Thanks,Hi Judi was it on youtube?
Terry, good to know.
Saw a news release from the military. With all the talk of bathroom preferences, the military now requires two slit trenches to be dug by the medics, with a notice that soldiers can choose the trench that they most identify with. My first thought being an old medic and nurse was UGH what a responsibility for a medic. Previously they only had one slit trench. Another UGH. The whole concept of a squat trench, UGH.
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Hi Sas, I don't know if it was on "you tube". I saw it on the Dr. Oz show and if you google it, you can see the show - 7/7/16.
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Hi Sas - yes it is on "you tube"!
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Judy,43 pages on pooping and this has never been brought up, but I know we have all been through it. I tried to access Oz's video it didn't work. There are many articles. I chose this article from Readers Digest b/c it incorporated Oz, WebMD, and others
Readers Digest to you youngers may seem so old fashioned. But amazingly it broke many stories to the public that were kept hidden. That other publications wouldn't touch. RD did and changed history in so many subjects. I've not followed it for a number of years, probably 10 or so. You know I study allot. From the 60's RD was a consumer advocate and got things going on so many subjects. One of the classics was endorphins in 1975.
I remember it oh so well b/c I was in neck traction every night. But I learned how to think "It will be numb, It will be numb" The area of pain got as numb as if it got shot up with lidocaine. The side effect was I got quite high. It was a blessed relief from the pain, but as a nurse I had to go to work. I used it only in the worst pain scenario. I thought the weird highness. Weird. But the pain relief was so nice. No doc could explain what was happening. THEN I was reading my RD and they had the reports about Endorphins and Endorkins. It explained it. So much for journals and docs. Also, what was weird was if I had any pain altering substance on board the self thought didn't work. Anywhooses, of course now one paid any attention. I was so delighted when the RD article came out.
Historically, there is much more. Like the absence of women in clinical trials that article change history by causing all trials to include women. Another story about a female obg/gyn doc identified that her health conscious patients that ate lots of fish lead to discovery that eating too much of the predator fishes had high levels of mercury which was causing birth defects.
But these types of stories didn't get wide press. But RD was read widely. Women demanded answers. I have regretted over the years that RD declined. It once was a great force for the advancement of us as women.
So, back to the subject regarding travelers constipation, this is the synopsis by RD
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/natural-constipation-relief-travel/
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Hi Sas .... I don't get why you can't get the video .... I can on you tube but I don't know how to add it here.
But I copied this and pasted it here:
Oz Investigates: Why You Can't Poop on Vacation and Other Summer Health Dilemmas
Originally aired on 7/07/2016
Dr. Oz explains the medical reason why constipation occurs when your daily routine changes and guest Susan opens up about what happened to her on vacation.
GUESTS: Gabrielle Bernstein , Hoda Kotb
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I agree with SAS - 43 pages and we've never discussed this. But I have ALWAYS had problems pooping on vacation. As a matter of fact, I often have problems when I'm not pooping in my own WC also, but vacations - oh my. Obviously most of us don't get away often enough. So I'm going to book my trip to Phoenix to see my brother - who is the antithesis of everything I am. And we'll stay one night at the Grand Canyon so I can mark that off my bucket list. I've already been dreading a whole week with him, but now I have to think about pooping too? Oy Vey.
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Judi I kept tryng to load Oz';s video in several ways' Didn't work . So, I went to other sources. What happened was I really liked RD's composite. But I was also, predisposed to RD's presentation b/c of the memories that I stated
The one law that came out of an RD article was that law was passed that all studies had to include women. More specifically came from one women' question to her doc "Should she take Aspirin 81mg" Baby Aspirin. The doc instead of saying yes. Researched it. She found out that none of the research included women. She then went on a quest. It ended up that it all passed research was based on men.
It started with a question "Should I take a Aspirin 81 mg":.Her physician , she didn't know. What she found out with her research was that nothing was based on female studies. Because women weren't studied. That doc based on her research found out that women were excluded from research. She fought to change the law. Her action and the law changed all future research required that all research include women. Sure wish I could say her name. She changed history. She changed our history. Bless her. AND bless her questioning mind.
Of course now Must find her name--------------
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You know what, she's a foot note in history, just a s I am. I changed Paramedic history, No one cares. We are a foot note. We changed the world and how people work, and are on a roll with others that did far less. It's an oh well thing.
But she did change the world
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MinusTwo
I am just back from 2 weeks in CA. and I took a bag of prunes, kept me somewhat regular, but darn, had to eat at least 6 each day. Also ate plenty of fresh peaches, nectarines, pears and did the warm water before breakfast/coffee.
Have a great time visiting the Grand Canyon, I remember on my trip there I also visited the "Painted Desert", maybe you can add that to the sights. If you rarely see your brother, maybe you can have fun recalling childhood memories.
dsgirl
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Sas, you gotta love that today you need "research based evidence" before you can do anything!
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dsgirl - yes I've learned to take a bag of dried prunes with me. And green salad works well for me too. But my brother just moved the trip from early September to the end of October. Thank heavens he emailed this afternoon so I didn't pull the trigger on the plane ticket tonight.
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Update on the "GoPro" (a.k.a Squatty Potty). As a preface to my experience I should note that the nearly constant constipation I've experienced since starting Tamoxifen either caused or aggravated a rectocel. This is sort of a bulge, rather like a hernia, but in the bottom of my colon, bulges into the back of my vagina when it is really bad. A very unpleasant experience. Because of the rectocel sometimes my BM, instead of exiting the body as it should, falls into the rectocel where it sits, dries out and becomes hard(er). I'm doing weekly PT for the rectocel to avoid surgical correction.
In any case, using the "GoPro" may have helped me more than it would others, as it seems to direct everything out properly, thus avoiding the deposit of BM in the rectocel. Proper direction with a rectocel is important. The long and short of it is I do feel the "GoPro" has helped a lot- combined with the PT and daily consumption of "poop paste" (my term for the recipe with dried fruit and senna tea that I'm consuming daily). My own constipation problems are more or less under control at this point and I do think the "GoPro" played a role in this. Hope this helps someone trying to decide if this thing is worthwhile. The "GoPro" comes in several colors and slides under the toilet where it is (mostly) out of the way.
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Labelle, thanks for the update. Any pics of the GoPro potty. Also, we have never talked in these pages about rectoceles.
To all, rectoceles can occur b/c of too much pressure in the rectum. That pressure is created by the constipated stool in the rectum /rectal vault. The area right above the anus. . Just as Labelle has described it's like a hernia in the rectum. In her case it's occurring on the vaginal wall side. if that were to rupture between the two in then is termed a recto-vaginal fistula. Stool will then leak out of the vagina. No fun. It can be surgically repaired. Can have varying success. Infection can be a problem.
Labelle has a plan for a recognized rectocele.
Labelle, I know it may seem ucky to describe the plan. But remember we have better information here than many places on the net. Please, 1. Describe how you got diagnosed 2. Plan options i.e surgery or the intervention you are using weekly. 3. How Go-Pro has changed things. 4. Diet changes? 5. Any other things to guide us.
Thanks. I know it's not a thing we normally talk about, but for every single person that posts a problem, many others may find a solution, that their docs weren't particularly helpful with. Your story is important.
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On a mission regarding bladder control hope I don't get banned b/c of spamming. Love ya'll
Repost from Warm and Fuzzies. not appropriate to the site , but there were a couple of bladder leaking meme's. But this is a serious story has to do with the funny one about bladder leaking. All the docs will tell you about kegels. WELL, I inadvertently found a solution if you are a swimmer.
There is a swim stroke that I can't find the name for which I learned as a kid. It's meant to be a stroke to reserve energy if lost in the water and have to swim a long distance. I have been using it more frequently b/c I had a shoulder injury and was working the deltoids.
LOANDBEHOLD. The stroke increases bladder control. Takes maybe 2-4 weeks, but dependent I'm thinking on how often you use the stroke. I vary 3 strokes for particular reasons. Then I noticed better bladder control.
It's a back stroke. You bring up the arms from the side to the top. At the same time you bring up the legs in a frog position. Then you snap them down and glide. I kept working the movement harder, to get the work out of the deltoids. Then TADA, head slap moment, I noticed I didn't have the run for the bathroom after the pool or the hitting of the air conditioning. It was AMAZING. I know this isn't a funny on a funny page, but I'm posting this in as many places as I can. So, hahahaha. Leaking is no fun hope it helps, spread the word.
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Possible to do the backstroke in bed without the water? How many backstrokes Sas?
Oh sorry, I was thinking of the butterfly. Only took me several days to realize it.
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Ladies, I had to share this. I always have to fight constipation and watch what I eat - being on a low carb diet and having to take opiates for chronic pain due to various side effects from BC treatment. But I finally found the thing that works wonders for me. Might not work for everybody but you can give it a try. Besides, they are so delicious that you will want to keep them in your diet.
Shelled hemp seeds. They have barely a trace of THC (less than 0.1%) so it won't show on blood work in case you have that done and you live in a state where marijuana is illegal. They also have low carb, fairly high fiber content, chockful of all kind of Omegas and other stuff and great for circulation as well.
You can buy them off of Amazon for example, and it's around $10 per pound. Usually a pound lasts me for over a month, at the rate of around 2 tbsp a day.
They look a little bit like sesame seeds, but the texture and firmness is more reminding of pine nuts. As for the deliciousness I already mentioned it. I usually take mine either mixed in peanut butter with some chia seeds added, or in home-made low-carb chocolate (it's more of a fudge than chocolate). But I also tried them in smoothies, sprinkled over salad or even in stir-fry Chinese-style dishes. All worked great.
This is the brand that I'm buying (remember they have to be raw and shelled)
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