Hello everyone,
I'm 67, first had a bowel leak about seven years ago. My doctor thinks it may be result of a D & C for a uterine fibroid. I start thinking I'm OK now, but then I leak a lot and I'm flummoxed. Now on Linzess but it's either too strong (145 mcg) or not strong enough (72 mcg). I do enemas but then they cause me to leak some more. Just took a couple of buses to an event and had to stop in a bathroom, threw out my underwear (I was wearing a pad) because it was so messy. I have been working with a GI doctor's PA and have gone through several pelvic floor therapists. Basically I have constipation and the leaks are overflow, but it's hard to balance everything out. I think the constipation is from taking so many meds for other conditions. I need to get the exact amounts of Linzess (or stop it), psillium, bisacodyl, and maybe Miralax, but I haven't found the right comb. UGHHH.