speaking of TMI

As a recent queen of constipation....

The sunsweet ones prunes Liz mentioned are AWESOME.  Just think of them as dried plumbs....prunes to me anyway, has a negative connotation.  Dried apprictos sound yummy, so why doesn't dried plumbs?

However...when I was slacking on my veggies and fruit (when I got horrendous pain from what I am contributing to constipation) I had to step it up a notch and I now take miralax.  When I was real bad I took it every day.  Now I take it probably 2 x a week.

Regular colace never did ANYTHING to help me.  However, PERI colace did wonders, except I was crampy when I had to go and when I had to go, watch out, I had to go NOW

Be careful with the "there's just less of it" type feeling.  That's how I started before I swear I was blocked up right to my stomach.  It literally took about 3 days of miralax and suppositories before it was all out.

Not fun.

so maybe I should get some miralax and add it in to my regimine..

I think Karen eats that probiotic yogurt.. what is it, danactive or something.  I'll have to try something

Okay I admit I brought up the poop subject. I have been having a bowel movement everyday just feel like not all of it comes out:( I have resorted to taking miralax but still feel backed up. I eat prunes but do not see a difference. Prune Juice (can you say nasty?) works like magic but I cannot get it down without gagging. So I truly am trying not to go the Dulcolax way but I will take them occasionally if my situation does not improve.

So this question probably sounds a little backwards, but I go pretty much the same every day around the same time every day. Does this mean there's something wrong with me or that I'm doing something wrong because I don't get backed up or have trouble?

No dear you are just the lucky few:)

Speaking of poop I have noticed that once week or maybe every two weeks but mostly once week I have big poop! other then that it's smaller and I have hard time going sometimes so I think I might take something to help me. Also another tmi from having hard time going at times I now have hemroid shees! I'm so glad we can share everything together!

You may need to switch to Peri-Colace and supplement it with Fiber-Stat (a vegetable type fiber drink sold at Barix)

My PCP told me to take Miralax every night and he gave me a perscription for
Amitiza 24mcg that I take twice a day and I've found that raisins also help.  Gene takes the same to stay regular.   He also eats that high in fiber twig cereal, and different Kashi cereals that are all high in fiber. 

Lisa,

I eat Activia light yogurt... and I have started adding 1/4 - 1/2 C. of Bob's Red Barn Muesli (available in the organic section) to it every day.  That's helping a bit, definitely.  I've also started taking 2 generic colace tablets daily.   Between those two, I've managed to go a week without having to take dulcolax (yay! a new record!) and have been "going" more regularly.  

I also find that fresh apples (with the skin) seem to help "cleanse" and move things along - almost like a laxative.  

I've tried prunes (and thought of them as dried plums) but can't get past the consistency of them.  I've never liked raisin-y types of things but prunes just put me over the edge...

Karen

I went to Target today and bought some benefiber.  I am going to try to add that to my morning ritual and take 2 colace at night and see what happens.  If that doesn't work, it will be on to the next thing, I guess.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!