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Slow transit constipation and surgery
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 14, 2023 | Replies (140)Comment receiving replies
Best of luck. I I can't find anyone to help have gastroparesis slow gut motility. Feel so hopeless. I have had both my PCP and GI doctors blow me off with my symptoms. Oh It is all due to the brain gut connection. End of story! SO someone fix it.So i use this site for the gastroparesis diet sources and find my own regimine of laxatives because when I hadn't gone for 12 days very naseated the GI PA told me to take 2 milk of mag and essentially blew me off. I have been a nurse for 32 years so I do have a smidgen of knowledge.
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My GP (like me) has constipation problems. She told me that her doctor (many years ago) said that if you take milk of magnesia you'll solve the problem. Many sufferers on this site swear by Mag07 which is magnesium. I believe it is magnesium oxide in M of M which is poorly absorbed so I guess that's why it works so well.
In my case, I believe one or both of the meds I've been on for the last two years exacerbated longstanding problems so now I am laxative dependent. My laxative for 2020 is senokot ( also have used M of M, Miralax and Metamucil cocktail). Also tried Linzess and have a script for prucalopride which will probably never get filled.
Why not try the MofM while you are searching for a gastroenterologist who is willing to help you?
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I used to be a nurse too! Actually, that is when I noticed any constipation was in my graduate year. Busy ward, no breaks, no time for the toilet! I generally don't say that I was a nurse to anyone because I found that they WOULDN'T tell me anything assuming I already knew. I worked in Burns not GI. But we always know enough to know when something isn't right. The most annoying comment I have had from one GI doc was "What do you want me to do? You don't have to use your bowels every day you know!" I am well aware, but I think 15 days without even a desire to go is really pushing it. I hope things get better for you @ouchgut20 .