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debodun

debodun

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With all this "stay indoors" requests, I am even more sedentary than usual. It has affected a digestion process. I thought getting a little more exercise might help. I have a long (13 steps) staircase (see photo), so I took 10 laps up and down. A muscle started hurting in the front of my upper right leg and I got very out of breath even after 4 laps. Didn't help, though. I am eating fruit and drinking a lot of tea and fruit juice. I even resorted to senna tea and docusate tablets. Nothing is helping. Any thoughts?

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Liquorice ( dunno how you furreners spell it )šŸ˜ but you know, the black stuff... :LOL:...or dried figs, dried or not so dried prunes, prune juice ... dried dates.. lots of water, plenty vegetables...

I have 13 steps on my staircase in my hall too... and if it wasn't for my dodgy knee I'd be able to get some great exercise running up and down, but for the last few months I've had to war a brace, so without it , it's painful to walk down stairs, and I have to take them one at a time...
 
I think for many of us not used to exercise, starting in may be tiring. We have to keep at at. Along with what others have suggested about the suppliments.
I like the wallpaper...what is the pattern?
 
debodun said:
I emailed my gastroenterologist and his assistant phoned me and said the doctor recommended I get some Miralax. The generic is polyethylene glycol (sounds like anti-freeze).
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Just don't make a habit of it. A couple of years ago when I was hospitalized for sepsis & ketoacidosis, they gave me Miralax & I barely made it home before uncontrolled diarrhea.
And the amount of polyethylene glycol would have to be very small, since it's deadly. I'd try psyllium in warm water, first.
 
Fruit juice is not necessarily a good thing. It is no longer recommended for young children and diabetics should only drink it if hypoglycemic. Way too much concentrated sugar. Sounds like a health drink but it is not. Water is always the best.
 
Pepper said:
Fruit juice is not necessarily a good thing. It is no longer recommended for young children and diabetics should only drink it if hypoglycemic. Way too much concentrated sugar. Sounds like a health drink but it is not. Water is always the best.
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Thanks for that info. I didn't know. I am drinking orange juice right now because of the Vitamin C.
 
hollydolly said:
Liquorice ( dunno how you furreners spell it )šŸ˜ but you know, the black stuff... :LOL:...or dried figs, dried or not so dried prunes, prune juice ... dried dates.. lots of water, plenty vegetables...

I have 13 steps on my staircase in my hall too... and if it wasn't for my dodgy knee I'd be able to get some great exercise running up and down, but for the last few months I've had to war a brace, so without it , it's painful to walk down stairs, and I have to take them one at a time...
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Ruthanne, sorry to hear that you are having to deal with this.
If I am not careful about getting enough fiber this happens to me, but another thing that really affects me is if I have to take any pain pill that includes an opioid. Those pain pills will do it to me in a hurry.
My formula for dealing with this situation is that for every pain pill, I drink an 8 oz. glass of prune juice, This isn't my idea of fun, but it works for me.
Another thing that may be affecting you is the accumulated stress of our current situation. Lowering our stress level isn't easy.
Good Luck, and keep exercising.
 
debodun said:
I emailed my gastroenterologist and his assistant phoned me and said the doctor recommended I get some Miralax. The generic is polyethylene glycol (sounds like anti-freeze).
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Yup, use that, it will work. I have gastroparesis. I use a lot of this, wish I owned stock in the company.
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