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Slow transit constipation and surgery
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 14, 2023 | Replies (140)Comment receiving replies
Morning Teresa ,
My GP has referred me to a gastroenterologist first , l have to go private and still it’s a few weeks wait for an appointment….
New prescription to try in the meantime ( Fybogel ) because he say it works differently in that it stretches the colon open ?
My question was ,if the colon is bunched up into a small space and full of bends , where is it able to stretch to 🤷♀️ but I’m trying it …..
My biggest worry moving forward…. If I end up in a care home or with dementia? In my eighties say ?
No one else could manage my bowels …….🥹
Only recently I read of a case exactly in those circumstances where a poor lady died of feacal compact…..in a care home 🥲
This is why I don’t want to have to rely on laxatives anymore ….apart from all the other negatives that arise from this abnormality….
Best for now Sheila
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Constipation is certainly a problem that comes to us all during the aging process, and for some of us even earlier in life. Having family members and friends who can act as your patient advocate, if you are not able to is important.
Do you have patient advocates who could act on your behalf if you were incapable of speaking for yourself?
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Fybogel, just an un-pros opinion, is a high fiber drink that will draw fluid into your colon to help to bulk up the stool. So if you have hard, dry stool, it may help. Be sure to drink a lot of fluids while taking this or it will have the opposite effect.