Comments on: Multiple Sclerosis and Constipation /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/ ******************************* BBH - BOOBS BOOTS & HAIR **************************** Inappropriate MMJ Momma - Living With Multiple Sclerosis and Finding The Reasons to Laugh and Smile Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Meg /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137889 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:48:25 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137889 In reply to Diane DeVillers.

Hey Diane!

That is certainly quite the shit show you have going on to counter your constipation:) I am super excited to announce that I am now 5 for 5 (5 poops in 5 days!) It’s been a long time since that has happened and fingers crossed it continues. Like you, it isn’t just ONE thing that is helping – I have my own shit show going on – thinking IF if keeps up and I am no longer full of shit, I will have to write down all that I am doing to move things along:)

Thanks for sharing and I look forward to checking out your books:)

XOXO
MEG

]]> By: Diane DeVillers /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137880 Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:49:54 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137880 I fight my constipation with the following, in the morning I take prune and senna gel supplement (from swanson) and acidophilous and apple pectin, papaya tabs and b-12 under the tongue. I set a eight cup mason jar right next to me so i can drink water all day. Then at five I drink a half a cup of prune juice, eat dinner then after dinner I mix up 3 tablespoons of ground flax seed, two scoops of ground psyllium seed, three T Miralax (prescription) and 1/2 cup aloe vera gel “(Inner Fillet) Lily of the desert. . Three hours later like clockwork I can go, It’s what works for me. And if that doesn’t work for you I don’t know what else to tell you.
Glad to see you wrote a book about MS, I too have MS the progressive kind, but once I quit a very stressful job ten years ago, I’ve stabilized. Have the usual fatigue, one leg is half paralyzed, and hauling my leg around causes back pain, so am on time released 20 mg morphine sulfate, it works on the part of the brain that doesn’t take the pain away (like other pain meds) it works on the part of the brain that helps you cope with the pain. Another substance that does that is marijuana, but because I get drug tested by my Dr. I can’t show any other drugs in my system. They check to make sure I am taking it and not selling it to others. The sad thing is I cant use CBD’s (afraid something would show up on test, yes, I’ve been told it won’t) So sad, they will give me more morphine but I can’t use marijuana.
Love your blog, will follow and keep contact with all your ideas and good articles. Only people with MS can talk about constipation and find it interesting in how other people live with it and how they fight it.
I also wrote a book “The Eve Chronicles” by Diane DeVillers is three books. After I had to retire from my job working with people with disabilities, Ironic, I found my old journals from the days when I first moved to ORegon when I worked in the Wallowa Mountains doing timber inventory. As I sat reading them, I thought these would make a funny book. So I wrote three ebooks, ‘From the Waters of Coyote Springs”, “Felix and Eve” and “The Arrangement” all three are also available as the paperback book “the Eve Chronicles”. Without getting MS i never would have had the time to write. Check them out on my amazon page https://www.amazon.com/Diane-DeVillers/e/B00BWY3Q9K
Take care.

]]> By: Positively Alyssa /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137866 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:57:13 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137866 Constipation is SO difficult and frustrating to deal with! I used to add Miralax to my water and it actually helped a lot! Sending you lots of positive vibes Meg!

]]> By: Hans frohlich /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137865 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 14:24:47 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137865 Bin there it’s not fun I even have a log so I don’t forget thr number of days between movements. I foud this wonderful non drug help — it is caled CE O-two sposiitories it has changed my life. Even amizon has I – I haven’t seen it in pharmacys . Good wishes in your qest to be as physically as normal as possible.

]]> By: dianelind355msncom /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137863 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 22:19:55 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137863 Are the moment. I’m letting my body know. I don’t care what IT thinks. I want to be the person I was before MS. I never was a water drinker and am very seldom thirsy. Of course I’m misable and will probably start forcing myself to drink water again but I do get tired of always having to watch what is going on with me. anybody relate?

]]> By: topsyjkv /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137862 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 21:00:52 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137862 I can so relate to this. During my life I have never been “regular”, working shifts and missing meals didn’t help. Then pain started taking over my life, so constipation or diarrhoea became a constant battle, leading to some very spectacular “accidents”. To be honest your average elephant would have been proud to get rid of that much in one “go”.
I have never been one to start the day with a hot drink either, but hubby has diverticular disease so follows a very high fibre diet. So since eating the same as him and stopping all the meds, I can say at my vast age, I’ve become regular.

]]> By: Charlene /multiple-sclerosis-and-constipation/#comment-137861 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:14:01 +0000 /?p=4042#comment-137861 I too have struggled with constipation ever since my MS began and no matter which medication I was on. I struggled for years until I found the best cure for me, warm prune juice which doesn’t taste that bad and of course lots of water to follow. I have to change the amount now and again or eat a prune or two to help it along, but eventually I get results, sometimes a bit more result than I would prefer which requires a shower and extra laundry.

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