I think I was born constipated. I have to take four stool softeners and four Senecot laxatives to have a bm. I was told to drink Miralax daily. I forget to take it. It does help. I have literally had to hold on the the seat of the toilet and strain until I nearly pass out. Well, what I take now has aleviated that problem. I don't go unless I take what I told you. I have been told by my doctor that my x-rays show I am full of stool. Well, I heard John Wayne had the same problem. I am trying to be funny--if we don't have a sense of humor, what do we have? A lady at my church said once about another lady: "She looks like she was baptized in prune juice". I have no idea what that meant but I laughed. God bless you!