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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Nov 5 4:01pm | Replies (1097)

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@hello1234

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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@hello1234 - Thinking it over, I think my problem was that because of osteoporosis and concern about heart disease, I have very little salt in my now mostly entirely home cooked plant diet. Plus I took the 1 - Senna S per day she recommended PLUS Miralax in addition. I hadn't even reached the 2 liter/day of water that she recommended.

Currently my doctor suggests I not use Miralax at all and up to 2 Senna-S and 2 - 100 mg docusate sodium stool softeners per day, as needed. I'm experimenting with just the stool softeners to see how it goes.
Do you you know what contributed to your need for your saline iv?