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Re: Constipation
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri Jun 4 08:48:04 2004
Watermelon...eww that isn't in season here right now. I swear
everything I need is hardly ever in season here! :P AHHH!!! The main
thing is I want to make sure not to try something that will just give me
diarrhea instead of constipation. But I also want to be careful what I
try.
Stay away from the BRAT diet, lol ok. I have been on that before :P
And Lori...I wasn't sure from your messege if you thought the pill form
of the slipery elm bark would do any good. Should I at least keep on
taking it and see if it will help, before I try to get the powder? Plus
I want to be very careful about what herbal things to take...because I'm
starting the bcp soon, and I don't want it to interact with that...if
you know what i mean.
But yeah, thanks for the replies!!!!
~Rachel
At Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Crystal wrote:
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>Well, on a lighter note I notice that breakfast from McDonald's helps
>me. Those hash browns really get things movin'! :) HA HA! But I do
>notice that I have problems sometimes. I go a few days and then I
>remember that I haven't gone number 2 for 3 or 4 days. I've heard
>somewhere that watermelon is suppose to help. Are you on pain
>medication regularly? Reason I ask is that a side effect of vicodin,
>darvaset, etc. is constipation. I've also read posts regarding Manasul
>tea and that is suppose to be a light laxative. I haven't tried it yet.
>It's common in New York but I have been uable to find it in Southern
>California.
>
>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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