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Constipation

irishguitarlad

Hi lads was in a and e the last day with a really bad pain in my side and they said it was severe constipation. They prescribed me this laxative but it hasn't worked, I have also drank quite a lot of prune juice and water but nothing so far. Its quiete painful and i fear the next step is vomiting as some of the food I have eaten is coming up. So AH any tips to get me ****ting?

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RoughSleeper

Nothing like a coffee and cigarette to get your morning mojo on (or out... semantics).

Poor Uncle Tom

irishguitarlad wrote: »

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Movicol is what you need.

Thats the stuff I'm on, started taking it yesterday morning but nothing. They said to wait three days in a and e and if it doesnt work to come back.

Then you know what to do.

Colser

I'm surprised kfallon isn't all over this thread like a fly on s***...he's our regular(in every meaning of the word )expert in all things toilet related over on the TTTAY thread..shame on him for not coming to the rescue of a fellow boardsie in trouble..

OP as someone who had the unfortunate experience of going through this 2 weeks after giving birth l genuinely empathise with you and hate to say it but it was actually worse than labour..the relief though is better than a lotto win(well it's up there anyway).

zinzan

Esel

Colser wrote: »

I'm surprised kfallon isn't all over this thread like a fly on s***...he's our regular(in every meaning of the word )expert in all things toilet related over on the TTTAY thread..shame on him for not coming to the rescue of a fellow boardsie in trouble..

OP as someone who had the unfortunate experience of going through this 2 weeks after giving birth l genuinely empathise with you and hate to say it but it was actually worse than labour..the relief though is better than a lotto win(well it's up there anyway).

L.Jenkins

Have you taken a dump yet OP? If and when you do, I'm sure it will be something similar to passing jagged tennis balls. Dogs will howl in sympathy.

Spanish Eyes

Cannot believe this is going on for THREE WEEKS!

I'd be doubled over.

OP needs to get his/her **** together (sorry) asap. Something else could be going on here.

What about that stuff they give to people who need a scope up. Demand one and the cleanout stuff might help before the scope.

That clogged feeling must be the pits. But honestly.... three weeks. Something is impacted there for whatever reason, needs to be sorted.

How could you eat or live, or sit or enjoy life with that stuff stuck in your bowel? Jesus.

RobbingBandit

Look up a Vitrectomy op it'll scare the ****e right out of you.

Keane2baMused

OP did you get the lactulose/ duphalac? It's good stuff.

You can take it daily as long as you need to if this is a regular (and ironic) thing. It softens the em...well poo.

Ruby31

Eat a whole bunch of grapes first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. The combination of water, fructose and fibre does the trick. Once things get moving, you should do this regularly.

Once you're getting back to normal, a tablespoon of linseeds soaked in plenty of water overnight, down the hatch again on an empty stomach.

Someone said that chocolate is constipating. That might be the case with milk chocolate, but very dark chocolate, e.g 85% is definately not constipating! Quite the opposite. If you eat a couple of square with a mug of black coffee, that should do the trick!

L.Jenkins

It's all well and good posting dietary requirements for having a good poo, but this is more of medical issue, only qualified medical personnel can deal with.

fussyonion

I agree.
Surely at this stage, the thread should be locked because the OP obviously needs medical advice.
At first this was entertaining but now it's just annoying and what more can we suggest apart from seek medical advice?

mark_jmc

No word from the OP, hope he hasn't turned into a floater

[Deleted User]

I looked up constipation in a medical book last night, out of curiosity.

It said laxatives are a waste of time and not to bother with them for long bouts of constipation. Then it said something quite disturbing: if all else fails, the faeces should be removed by hand.

Imagine spending all those years in medical school, to have as your reward some fellow grimacing at you on a trolley, as you spoon the shit out of his arse. Christ.

retro:electro

fussyonion wrote: »

I agree.
Surely at this stage, the thread should be locked because the OP obviously needs medical advice.
At first this was entertaining but now it's just annoying and what more can we suggest apart from seek medical advice?

I will be very disappointed if this thread is locked and I never found out if the op pooed or not.

Gael23

I agree this really needs medical intervention but this actually happened to me 2 years ago so I'm speaking from experience. The pain of an impacted bowel is the worst pain I have experienced in my life so far. I should have gone to a&e but I went to an emergency GP?

The solution for me was Movicol and Duphalac together,twice a day. If you really need to you can use a microlax but I don't like them, they are very harsh and can irritate you inside of you overuse them. I don't mean this to be medical advice, it's my own experience of how I dealt with the very same thing and the OP has been prescribed both medicines I suggested.

One final thing, if you vomit you have to go to hospital.

Avatar MIA

It's better to have pooped and soiled, than to have never pooped at all.

C'mon, OP, do we have Splashdown?

[Deleted User]

Fecal Vomit would be a great name for a death metal band.

shamrock2004

Hey OP, anything yet?

I remember I went 9 days without pushing brown back when I was in college. I think it was all down to stress.

I remember sitting on the bog at home and the mother banged on the door - "Anything yet?! If you're still not going, then it's over to the doctor". At that point the mere mention of the word 'Doctor' and the flood gates opened and the bowels were moving again like ginger rogers. I have a pathological fear of doctors and the suggestion of going to the doctor literally scared the shi*e out of me. I remember at the time popping senokots like they were sweets and nothing was happening

maudgonner

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Fecal Vomit would be a great name for a death metal band.

I was thinking 'Manual Disimpaction'.

I have highbrow taste.

Gael23

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Fecal Vomit would be a great name for a death metal band.

It happens and it's quite serious if it does, i.e you'll be admitted to hospital.

Frigating

OP, when you do get things flowing, you need to measure yourself before and after. We need to know the weight of the baby

sullivlo

Frigating wrote: »

OP, when you do get things flowing, you need to measure yourself before and after. We need to know the weight of the baby

Biggest loss I have had was 3kg. I think that was almost 4 weeks.

Have lost more doing kleenprep but that's dehydration more than anything.

Isolt

All joking aside you should have been given more than just movicol when you went to a&e.
Get to your doctor ASAP and ask for some dulcolax (this is a laxative, movicol is a stool softener and takes time to work) You must be feeling really awful.
Fecal impaction can be rather dangerous too, so I wouldn't be waiting around too long if I were you. It sounds as though you need a laxative right now, rather than a softener! If you can't get to your doctor then get yourself to a pharmacy. At least a pharmacist is qualified to give medical advice and may be able to give you something over the counter.

[Deleted User]

Isolt wrote: »

At least a pharmacist is qualified to give medical advice and may be able to give you something over the counter.

A pharmacist is qualified to give you expert advice on medicines and common treatments for common ailments, both otc and prescription only, not medical advice.

The OP is in a serious situation and needs to get medical help. At this point he's only wasting time and making the situation worse by continuing his present treatment, since it doesn't appear to be working for him.

[Deleted User]

Apparently heroin addicts get really bunged up, and can go weeks without a poo. It's a side effect of opiate use.

I was leaving work one day and saw a human poo on the pavement. This was 5pm in the evening. Never was sure if was a political protest (it was outside a bank, during the crisis ) or someone had been 'caught short'. Pretty disgusting.

Ally Dick

I was given a laxative to take the day I was due to have a colonoscopy. The world fell out of my ass that morning p.s. it was a hideous lemon flavoured powder that I had to add water to. There were copies amounts to water to drink. Half an hour after I had my drink, the ass fell out of my world

[Deleted User]

Ally Dick wrote: »

I was given a laxative to take the day I was due to have a colonoscopy. The world fell out of my ass that morning p.s. it was a hideous lemon flavoured power drink that I had to add water to. There were copies amounts to drink. Have an hour after I had my drink, the ass fell out of my world

Sometimes the bottom falls out of your world, and sometimes the world falls out your bottom.

Esel

Ruby31 wrote: »

Eat a whole bunch of grapes first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. The combination of water, fructose and fibre does the trick. Once things get moving, you should do this regularly.

Once you're getting back to normal, a tablespoon of linseeds soaked in plenty of water overnight, down the hatch again on an empty stomach.

Someone said that chocolate is constipating. That might be the case with milk chocolate, but very dark chocolate, e.g 85% is definately not constipating! Quite the opposite. If you eat a couple of square with a mug of black coffee, that should do the trick!

Pretty sure the OP will have a bunch of grapes when his ordeal is over.

sullivlo

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Apparently heroin addicts get really bunged up, and can go weeks without a poo. It's a side effect of opiate use.

I was leaving work one day and saw a human poo on the pavement. This was 5pm in the evening. Never was sure if was a political protest (it was outside a bank, during the crisis ) or someone had been 'caught short'. Pretty disgusting.

Yup. One of the hardest things I found when I was admitted those times was dealing with the pain. Plain old paracetamol does nothing for the pain I get. I can't take anti inflammatories either. So it is either agony, or more constipation.

I had surgery last October. I decided that tummy pains would be worth it and opted for the morphine. I have no regrets and I can see why it is a controlled substance.