@bb03 no alcohol in 20 years I was on Subutex for 6 years to get off pain killers, but I'm down from 16 mg to 2, I was taking Klonopin 3 times a week for panic attacks, Adderall for ADHD, but I stopped all of it 2 months ago, when I researched the medicine and realized it could be causing this. I was working outside in June 10 12 hours a day, not drinking water, drinking Sunny D or Powerade but no water, and no fiber, Alot of red meat, It shut my system down and I didn't have a bowel movement for 17 days. Then I talked to my first GI Dr and they told me to drink a bottle of miralax with 64 oz of Gatorade, I finally had a bowel movement, but then every 10 days I'd have to do it again, ever since that 17 days I can't go without the miralax, Then on August 27th I did the miralax and it stopped working, nothing but liquid coming out. Clear liquid no stool. I was already on Linzess 290 for 2 months, the gastro Dr dropped me said I needed a higher level of care. So I started seeing a motility specialist that told me to keep trying the miralax!!! I told her for 6 weeks it doesn't work. and now she's trying to do test that should have been done 2 months ago. I don't take any medicine but Now Amatiza, izberella, thyroid meds, stool softeners , probiotics, my anxiety is so bad I don't sleep for 49 hours at a time. I work 10 hours a day the last 2 weeks, but it's getting bad again, the pressure the pain. I praying for a bowel movement, I'm drinking bond broth jello applause, and one sandwich a day. This ER Dr, William Spencer on September 4th gave me Golyte and it almost killed me. If you've ever been diagnosed with ileus EVER. your not supposed to take that medicine. I didn't read the warnings I thought it was ok since an ER Dr gave it to me. Stupid!!! And ever since then this has gotten worse. I drank the whole gallon and didn't pass a drop!! Couldn't breathe shaking sweating,. Then I had a gastro Dr tell me yeah you did to much. it backed you up worse!!! Another thing before this started I was having grey or light tan stool, I told the first gastro Dr he said my liver function is normal, but I do have fatty liver, he said my gallbladder is normal? Normal duct, no wall thickening?? But my bile can't be right with grey or light tan stools. The motility specialist is doing a liver Doppler and some other test to check the blood flow. I do have 2mm vascular calcifications in my pelvis. So I don't know??? Thanks for getting back to me. This arm test, and sitz test are on the 15th and 23rd. Do you think I'll make it that long before I'm ubstructed???? That X-ray has me so stressed out. I knew I was backed up but I thought I had a chance to pass it still. But I think they let it go to long. I have a malpractice lawyer they are monitoring my case, but they aren't acting until perferation, obstruction, or rupture. They have me placing complaints with my insurance. on any instances that I can put a name and date and facility too. I spent 6 hours on the phone this weekend. I have about 10 more complaints to report. The lawyer has most of the information, I told them I don't want money, I just want medical help. THIS could have been avoided. Thanks for listening. Hope you are okay.
Yes any pain med, muscle relaxer or nerve medication diminishes movement of your gut. I have severe lumbar arthritis and some nerve compression and they wanted me to take Neurontin 300 and possibly Increase to 600 three times a day but after just taking 300 once at night I was stoned and didn’t poop for a week and couldn’t feel myself urinate at night so all I take now is neurontin 100 mg with my 100 mg of Celebrex every morning at 7:30 am and I take fish oil, tumeric, R Alpha lipoic acid and osteo biflex at 12 noon each day for the arthritis pain. Oh I use volteran cream to. My gut is so slow, and I was on linzess and miralax and magnesium too when I tried the big dose of nerve med. All said I do a very ripe pear with spinach, kiwi and prune juice smoothie with Splenda two times a day and you can eat this pasta called Carbe diem pasta, gotten from Amazon . I cook it for 20 min, longer than recommended and I put Parmesan cheese salt and pepper in it. It’s pretty good actually. It very high in fiber. All this helps when I don’t go with just the Linzess, miralax and mg. My husband ate some of this pasta and he has a gut opposite from me. He’s been known to poop middle of the night, LOL! Well needless to say he tried this pasta which has a lot of fiber and he stayed on the commode all day and was washed out! It doesn’t affect me and he was dying! Ask your Dr if eating stuff like this is ok. It works for me with my meds but if you can’t take any meds try strict diet. Express your concerns about all this to her/ him. Being right isn’t worth your life. Surgery with an obstruction, well think about it. If you cut into an intestine with hard rock poop you can cause infection from the feces all over into your abdominal cavity and become septic. Look up sepsis. Can kill you quick.