wife2jeff wrote:How did you find out that you had scar tissue that causes a blockage?
Sounds like your daily regimen is working for you, that's good to hear there is hope for my husband.
NHMike wrote:Done in about 30 minutes this morning. I also got a good night's sleep. So about four good days in a row. It's actually pretty amazing when you're so used to waking up three to four times in the middle of the night. I am still undecided about the Miralax. I was originally planning to use it just to do a flush or help do a flush but things seem to work with or without it. This morning (I got into work at 5:00 AM) I grabbed my small kit instead of the large kit.
A bunch of this bowel stuff is about confidence. Do you have the confidence to go out into the real world; go out for a run, go to a meeting or drive for an hour? I'm cautiously optimistic - too many setbacks to get too excited about success.
Pyro wrote:NHMike wrote:Done in about 30 minutes this morning. I also got a good night's sleep. So about four good days in a row. It's actually pretty amazing when you're so used to waking up three to four times in the middle of the night. I am still undecided about the Miralax. I was originally planning to use it just to do a flush or help do a flush but things seem to work with or without it. This morning (I got into work at 5:00 AM) I grabbed my small kit instead of the large kit.
A bunch of this bowel stuff is about confidence. Do you have the confidence to go out into the real world; go out for a run, go to a meeting or drive for an hour? I'm cautiously optimistic - too many setbacks to get too excited about success.
I have a new solution for constipation I had never heard of before, it wasn’t presented to me until the palliative care nurses showed up to my house. It’s called lactulose, only about 30ml a dose, doesn’t taste too bad and it works within 4 hours. I’ll never try anything else and it doesn’t turn your vowels into a running water faucet. In the US it’s prescription only, I highly recommend it.
Rock_Robster wrote:Pyro wrote:NHMike wrote:Done in about 30 minutes this morning. I also got a good night's sleep. So about four good days in a row. It's actually pretty amazing when you're so used to waking up three to four times in the middle of the night. I am still undecided about the Miralax. I was originally planning to use it just to do a flush or help do a flush but things seem to work with or without it. This morning (I got into work at 5:00 AM) I grabbed my small kit instead of the large kit.
A bunch of this bowel stuff is about confidence. Do you have the confidence to go out into the real world; go out for a run, go to a meeting or drive for an hour? I'm cautiously optimistic - too many setbacks to get too excited about success.
I have a new solution for constipation I had never heard of before, it wasn’t presented to me until the palliative care nurses showed up to my house. It’s called lactulose, only about 30ml a dose, doesn’t taste too bad and it works within 4 hours. I’ll never try anything else and it doesn’t turn your vowels into a running water faucet. In the US it’s prescription only, I highly recommend it.
Thanks Pyro, that’s really helpful - I hadn’t heard of it before, but it turns out it’s available over the counter here. I’ll definitely keep in mind.
Atoq wrote:So nice that you had 4 days without issues in a row! I hope it is just the start of a new normality.
The hospital adviced lactulose when I was doing radiation.
How is it going with training? Here it is autumn now and raining a lot. I try to run three times a week and do strength twice, but the weather is working against it
Best
Claudia
NHMike wrote:Done in about 30 minutes this morning. I also got a good night's sleep. So about four good days in a row. It's actually pretty amazing when you're so used to waking up three to four times in the middle of the night. I am still undecided about the Miralax. I was originally planning to use it just to do a flush or help do a flush but things seem to work with or without it. This morning (I got into work at 5:00 AM) I grabbed my small kit instead of the large kit.
A bunch of this bowel stuff is about confidence. Do you have the confidence to go out into the real world; go out for a run, go to a meeting or drive for an hour? I'm cautiously optimistic - too many setbacks to get too excited about success.
Atoq wrote:Hi! The colostomy was reconnected when they operated the tumor and made an ileostomy instead. They used the same opening (so my ileo was on the left side).
All the best
Claudia
NHMike wrote:
It sounds like you don't have a bag if I'm reading the timeline correctly.
It would be quite amazing if you could run as fast as you do with a bag on. There were a lot of things I didn't do for fear of it shearing off.
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