I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit which keeps me regular. Without these i do get constipated.

Very good advice, thank you for sharing it with me. I always wondered why my mother was always pushing, fruit on me, now I understand.

Have you asked doctor for some medication to treat constipation.They can prescribe some constipation relieving medicine.
I also suffer from chronic constipation, and after watching for various foods, one remedy has come to my rescue
I take milk at night along with some cookies or some sweet thing to eat. I don’t know but it works for me. In the morning I feel bowel movement.It works for me.You will have to check if it’s ok for you to take milk or sweet things. For diabetes sweets are not recommended.
In general too, fluids help in relieving constipation . That said water works miraculously. Never let yourself dehydrated as it will cause your body to absorb water from your bowels, making them harder.

Thank you for the advice!
Water is one thing I know I don't get enough of.
I was in the hospital last year for dehydration.

After reading all the comments regarding constipation, I can see that everyone has their own recipe to become a "regular guy/gal". When I was regular, my BMs came every three to four days, but the front portion was very hard and the stool was VERY large...like an anaconda. Since I had a pain pump implanted with hydromorphone implanted about a year and a half ago, my movements have been more difficult to expel. I went to an enterologist who told me to take Miralax twice a day. That helped for a while until my stools became very loose. So, I cut back on the miralax, and the stool became reluctant again. I tried Fleets glycerine suppositories. They helped for a while until they didn't. I then tried the Laxative suppositories. They have worked, but I have to strain quite a bit for a long period of time to rid myself completely. Now, I don't even get any signal from my bowel telling me that "It's time to go". I'm thinking of just letting things go for as many days as it takes to feel the urge. I'm just fearful that my stool will be extremely hard. Oh, I just started Tramadol about a month ago. I'm sure that it has contributed to the problem along with the Hydromorphone.

Magnesium citrate powder in water or baking soda and you will go in an hour or so.

I do a lot for constipation.

By the way, in traditional Hatha Yoga, optimal health is considered having one bowel movement for every meal consumed.

I have never been that good, but I have tried very hard to have at least one bowel movement per day.

A doctor saying that one bowel movement per week is ok? I am not on board with that. I think that would be a serious impact to health.

I have constipation and diverticulitis.

I do a number of things.

I do a soft food diet.

Web MD on soft food diet:
https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-a-soft-food-diet
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Daily, I really have to take the following:

12 full ounces of prune juice (not a fan of the taste)
Metamucil
Miralax
And Senna.
I use a natural version.... Swiss Kriss.

In laxative trivia news the great jazz musician Louis Armstrong was a huge fan of Swiss Kriss....recommended it widely to his jazz friends and eventually wound up doing an ad for them.

I really try to hydrate well. Really try to drink those 8 glasses of water daily.

I usually do a bran muffin daily, or Raisin Bran cereal.

Milk seems to help sometimes, I don't know why.

Coffee seems to help sometimes.

Activity definitely seems to help. If I am sedentary, constipation is definitely worse. And I do think that abdominal exercises help.

Fresh fruit seems to help. For me, particularly fresh melon.

Vegetable salads, of course.

Staying away from hard to digest things. For me...definitely nuts and peanut butter. And that goes also for other nut butters like tahini. Generally, for me, red meat is hard to digest. Especially in large quantities. I have not had a steak in many years. I can sometimes get by with chili or maybe a bit of hamburger...but they are also, usually, a problem for me.

I know that rice flour products are gluten free. But they are a huge problem for my constipation, especially those rice crackers.

So, that is what I have for now.

Wishing everyone well who deals with this problem. It has been a long struggle for me. Over 20 years now...and I was in the ER once with a bad diverticulitis attack. Not fun, not at all.

So, best wishes to all you out there, to conquer this problem.

Take care now.

One period of my life I suffered from constipation. I tried everything, and the only thing that worked was eating a lot of fresh citrus. Oranges are the most effective, but you have an opioid induced issue and that can really block your system. Stay away from rice which can make matters worse.

I prefer colace. 2 pills one day, then 2 the next if it seems right. The right amount is learned by trial and error in my experience. Stay close to home.

I know some say don’t use carbonation! I been using Ollie pop for a few months a can every couple days as needed . If I drink it for supper my bowels move good the next day. I was also sent to a pelvic therapist after having a failed back surgery, I wasn’t a fan of internal work but found out also if you’ve fallen you should see a pelvic therapist because my fusion had cause d me to be out of alignment after she done the internal work and realigned me my bowels moved great