@megidigo and all... I want to address the several days without your intestines moving. I had decades of diarrhea with stress or shopping or visiting with friends, or waking up!!!! Pretty yucky... then had a year+ of constipation that was a total shock. My docs gave me all the normal suggestions, none worked well for me and most caused additional bloating or issues.

I can take Milk of Magnesia if needed, but don't need it now.

I had a wonderful doc at Mayo suggest I try a different Probiotic than I was taking. I was using one from Walgreens, reputable I thought and didn't know much about Probiotics. Now I am better educated and thrilled I no longer have these issues. Amazing...

I take Probulin Colon Support Probiotic at bedtime daily. No more diarrhea and no more constipation. It is absolutely wonderful to have this resolved. Because my gut movement is so slow and have had these problems for so long, I added 1 capsule of the Probulin Women's Care UT probiotic every a.m. and I think it helps with UTI issues as well.

Also, I found when I had intestinal reactions to the frequent antibiotics I was taking, I added an additional Colon Support Probiotic and it stopped that problem, unless I actually had an allergy to the drug, which did happen. But, now, the additional Probiotic stops the bad reactions to antibiotic and allows me to complete the prescription.

I'm kind of proud of me for figuring that out! No docs considered it, so I spread the word to them and now they are finding it does help. Just another lesson learned and passing it along...
Elizabeth