Bowels!

[Ellie]

I take the senna at bedtime, ~11pm, along with a softener (Docusate Sodium), and it works the next morning/mid-morning, for me anyway.

I get really fed up and my appetite plummets if I'm constipated, so I can identify with what you said. It doesn't take much to mess up my bowel regimen, so I still find myself constipated every few months...

He asks me stuff, to ask the MND Posse

Tell him we all say that prevention is better than the cure 😍 so don't let it become chronic. xx

[John D]

Constipation has become a regular occurrence for me every 7/10 days or so. So far I have only needed Docusate softener which I take when I sense trouble brewing. It takes a day or 2 to work and then sometimes feels what I imagine giving birth is like

[Banned]

I eat far less than previously being bed bound. I am mindful to maintain hydration. Consequently bowel movements are little, often and soft. I don't take laxatives at all.

I have noted that when I think I have a covid infection, I do have movement problems. (But what do I know?)

[Rosemary6NT]

I still haven’t found the magic formula 😫. It’s been worse since starting on the morphine. Going to try chick pea curry tonight! 🤪

[LindaB]

Rosemary6NT is it kill or cure Chick Pea Curry😅

Hope you don't mind me asking is morphine for pain? (Feel free to ignore me) xx

[matthew55]

Morphine is a double edged sword. Great for pain relief but bungs you up. 😓😁🤗😍xx

[Rosemary6NT]

Rosemary6NT is it kill or cure Chick Pea Curry😅

Hope you don't mind me asking is morphine for pain? (Feel free to ignore me) xx

It’s a low dose to help with breathing difficulties. Fortunately no pain.

[DeeH]

Ellie
Thanks for the advice on time.

Spoke to Hubs, he is prepared to try it in the evenings

And will report back for information and the science.

As I said to the Family support lady, here's hoping for a "****" week as aposed to a "NO ****" week.

From personal experience it truely is agony, it was unfortunate that the black coffee stopped working.

And the curry Dal stopped working too.

[LindaB]

It’s a low dose to help with breathing difficulties. Fortunately no pain.

I imagine I'll be prescribed at some point 👍🏻😏

[Ellie]

Going to try chick pea curry tonight! 🤪

A few years ago, I put diluted hot sauce down my tube - it worked 👍👍 I was desperate, that was before Docusate came into my life...

[Ellie]

... sometimes feels what I imagine giving birth is like

Pushing on a contraction, yep, I guess you could say that 😏

[DeeH]

Ellie


Just looked at my comment. Interesting that in a thread about Bowels we can't use the four letter word for Poo.

Hopfully Poo is allowed.

Hot sauce sounds awesome

[Rosemary6NT]

DeeH lol, I thought you hit the jackpot with the Kraken 😂

[Ellie]

Hopfully Poo is allowed.

Easier to spell than fecaes, (no) feecas, (nope) feaces, (not that one either) faeces (yup, that one) 😏

[DeeH]

Easier to spell than fecaes, (no) feecas, (nope) feaces, (not that one either) faeces (yup, that one) 😏

When I was a nurse I woud put loose stools as I could never remember how to spell Diarrhoea,

which doesn't look right. When searched there was a few spellings.



Phoned the GP to ask for an official Bowel Regime, see what they come up with. To prevent instead of react.