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Re: Constipation
From: Tera (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jun 4 08:24:36 2004
If you are constipated you need to stay away from bananas, rice,
applesauce and toast...more commonly known as the b.r.a.t. diet. The
b.r.a.t. diet is recommended if you have diarhea, which you obviously
don't have. So skip the applesauce for now as it may be making things
worse for you.
At Wed, 2 Jun 2004, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>I think I get constipated every week before my period. Than when I
>finally have a BM it is a lot of times Diarrhea. This week the
>constipation has been pretty bad, been 5 or maybe mores day since a BM
>and it is causing bad pelvic pain! At least tha is what I think is
>causing it, it doesn't feel like cramps or anything. My question is,
>anyone know anything to help the constipation? I knwo fiber, but the
>problem with that is I am on a special diet because I think I might have
>IC so I am trying the diet to see if it will help any, and anything I
>can think of that has fiber I can't eat. I have tried prunes and
>applesauce though, but it doesn't seem to help. And I can't just run to
>a health food store like a lot of you may be able too, cuz the closest
>one I can think of is 45 mins. away and all they sales are mainly just
>supplement type things. If anyone knows anything I could do that would
>be great! Thanks!
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