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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?
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To those who rely on Miralax several times per day to get things moving . . . My internist said that perhaps it was my 2/day Miralax usage that dropped my sodium level to 123 mEq/L, below the 135 mEq/L minimum. She said that with this level of "hyponatremia", I should be barely functional but I had no apparent symptoms. Also she said I needed a saline iv - never provided after I increased the sodium level by not drinking water or using Miralax (that the gastroenterologist had suggested I use freely as needed. ) She recommended Senna-S.
Has anyone ended up with serious hyponatremia as a result of our trial and error efforts to simply have a normal bm? Do doctors order blood tests to keep track of the electrolytes? Should I use pedialyte?
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Hi @notmoff 😊
Yes, drinking too much water can definitely "wash out" the minerals in your body. I ended up in the hospital for two days as they slowly added saline IV drips. (They have to do it super slowly so your brain doesn't swell.) Most doctors will say 6 to 8 drinks during the day of 8 ounces of water is a good target. You can turn one or two of them into your Miralax drink if you want. You must have added your two 8 ounces of Miralax in addition to your normal drinking and then added a few more drinks of water to wash it down so it ended up being too much? I am on a daily Senokot S. I know it has a stimulant, but without it, I cannot go. Did your gastro doc say it's okay to take Senokot S every day?
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My doctor had me using 4- 8oz glasses of Miralax every day for 2 months before going on Linzess, which didn’t work. I’m doing 2- 8oz glass of Miralax twice a day and scheduling my bowel movement day on Wednesday. My sodium level hasn’t dropped