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Constipation: What helps you?

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I am a 68 year old female of normal weight, active and w/o new health issues. In January my bowel movements changed overnight; there has been no change in diet or hydration, activity level, meds (only Rx is beta blocker for a PSVT that appeared 3 years ago). I went from having normal looking stools to passing small “stones” (Bristol scale image 1). I went to see gastroenterologist who said, “Let’s start with colonoscopy.” That sounded reasonable as it was almost ten years since the last one which was 100% normal. Well, so was this one. I am almost two weeks past thar test, and my stools went right back to small stones. I poop on a regular time schedule, and there is no-strain to pass the stools. I am scheduling a follow up with the same doctor, but I am curious if any one has lived through this. Probiotics change nothing. Thank you.

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After almost 6 months of constant Bristol Scale #1 BMs, but no constipation, I started drinking non-sugar kefir (available at most supermarkets in dairy section). Kefir has a mother-load of active ingredients not found in yogurt. It only took a few days, but it solved my problem, and I am back to “normal.”

I had a colonoscopy in March to rule out issues, and nothing significant (anatomically) was discovered, so I felt my problem must be coming from my gut flora. While you wait for your office visit, be sure to eat healthy (no to low sugar), and you could try some non-sugar kefir. Good luck. However, my problem did not involved the most common constipation symptom: motility. I was always “regular” but all my stools were hard, small, round pellets. I thought I was morphing into a rabbit.