Im so sick of this, have had all my life. My recent pregnancy helped, once baby was big I went to the toilet every day. But now i don't and it is causing tears.TMI but yeah. Painful. I sorta just want to try veges, fruit and wholegrains and see if i see a difference.
bellasmoons,
Aug 6, 4:45am
Any sauces i can have on food would be cool to.im going to keep away from cheese sauce incase its an allergy but might still have plum sauce on chicken etc as its sorta a treat (even tho im a chocaholic lol) though im guessing plum sauce is high in sugar too. i really want to eliminate the problem.
lx4000,
Aug 6, 5:18am
metamoresel (sp) should help. You can get it in your supermarket
Apples, eat plenty of apples. one or tweo a day:)
prawn_whiskas,
Aug 6, 5:20am
Google Chai seeds and Constipation - learn about their soluble fiber and how gentle they are.Then you can get them from the bulk bin in most supermarkets, sprinkle them on any thing or just mix in water and skull.
tinkagirl,
Aug 6, 5:27am
my husband has been like this for years, he gets from his doctor lactalose and also try newlac from the chemist.It is all natual with dates, figs, prunes, kiwi etc.You just need about a teaspoon of it a day and dont go far from the toilet.The lactalose would be better for you though as it will not hurt your bowl.Newlacwill work really well but I would suggest you only use it a couple of times a week as it can iriate the bowl if used for years (so the doctor says but haven't seen any sign of this ourselves).
buzzy110,
Aug 6, 5:52am
Chia (I'm sure that is what you meant to say) are fantastic. Have you tried fasting for a 24 hours and drinking lots of water during your fast! This will give your digestive system a breakand a chance to have a good clean out.
What is your diet like normally!
margyr,
Aug 6, 6:28am
healtheries alpine tea is also good, and quite nice.
anne1955,
Aug 6, 6:31am
A night on the wine works for me not good on head the next day but works a treat.send children to Grandies and stay home and drink.OK it was just an idea.works for.
buzzy110,
Aug 6, 7:00am
I want constipation if that is the cure
lindylambchops1,
Aug 6, 7:01am
Stewed dried fruit.prunes, apricots, sultanas & sliced fresh apples, cook & enjoy with breakfast cereals especially bran or as a dessert.Make sure you drink plenty of water.Also some bending exercises might help.Hope it all 'goes' well!
oopie,
Aug 6, 7:21am
Any fruit or 'veggies' with seeds you eat, such as kiwis, tomatoes, cucumber, passionfruit.Linseed, ground or whole, and as much fresh fruit and veggies you can eat and plenty of water.
shellbell13,
Aug 6, 7:34am
BRAN MUFFINS 1 egg½ cup sugar1 tsp baking soda 2 cups bran1 tsp baking powder2 Tbsp butter 1 cup flour2 dessert spoons syrup 1 cup milk Beat eggs and sugar.Add melted butter and syrup.Then add dry ingredients, milk and baking soda.Bake 200 degrees for 15 mins.You can add raisins, nuts or apricots
Also I suggest eating kiwifruit, lots of water, prunes, weetbix or bran etc for breakfast, fruit.
babytears,
Aug 6, 8:49am
Meat and dairy may play a part in constipation.
I've been oing a bit of reaearch into this as my daughter has it sever! Is on lactulose, now on movicol, next step will be going into hospital to be flushed out.
So, a friend recommends reiki, we may go and do that. But I've just got a book from the library called Maori healing and herbs and the root of the flax bush is recommended. I'm looking into how to make a concoction out of it. I'll get back to you on how we get on - I've just gotten tired of shoving medicine down her throat. hasn't really worked so far
245sam,
Aug 6, 9:36am
bellasmoons, try this e.g. for breakfast or dessert.
SPICED FRUIT COMPOTE 1 large applee.g.Granny Smith 8 small prunes 4 dried apricots, halved 1 tsp orange zest ½ cup orange juice squeeze of lemon juice 1 cinnamon stickora generous pinch ground cinnamon ¼ cup water – optional and IMO, not necessary
Peel and slice the apple, then place it in a saucepan with the rest of the ingredients.Cover and simmer gently over a low heat for 10-15 minutes until the apple is tender.Leave to cool a little.Remove the cinnamon stick.Serve the compote on top of or with natural unsweetened yoghurt. Serves 4.
Hope that helps.:-))
suzanna,
Aug 6, 9:51am
Years ago it was suggested by my naturopath that I have the following first thing in the morning. It certainly worked for me and I still have it periodically as a 'spring clean'. Add to a large glass warm water 2 dspn aloe vera 1 dspn chlorophyl 1 tsp olive oil Briskly stir in heaped tspn psyllium husks Not pleasant to drink but bearable and certainly worthwhile.
suz71,
Aug 6, 9:59am
kiwi fruit are good for thathave a few of them problem sorted
annemaree44,
Aug 6, 10:09am
licorice all sorts! Ate them with all 3 of my boys pregnancies for the last 3 months and constipation was over :-)
sailor13,
Aug 6, 11:10am
Kiwi fruit juice is also very good and easy.
cgvl,
Aug 6, 11:14am
Califig, natural and just eat it. Do you drink lots of water as thats also supposed to help. Prune juice Any high fibre foods ie wholegrain products.
bedazzledjewels,
Aug 6, 8:07pm
Get some good fat into your diet - taking organic coconut oil helps. Or if that doesn't appeal, try kiwi crush.
lythande1,
Aug 6, 8:24pm
I take codiene, which Dr said causes this and wanted to give me some other pills. Nah. Never had a problem, but I eat kiwifruit often. Also grapes and plums I find are some of the best fruit.
bellasmoons,
Aug 6, 10:23pm
well i had a barium xray 10 yrs ago! they said i had a sluggish bowel. but no one did allergy tests or anything like that. medicines do not work. babytears has she tried the rectal laxatives! only one that works on me. instantly fixed in 15 mins. but they r not a long term cure and are bad to use all the time which is y im not. when i was heavily pregnant i was cured and went daily, sometimes twice daily. baby came.kiwi crush helped at first but now im back to square 1 except worse because it never used to hurt like this. i have weetbix for breaky, banana and toast for lunch, meals usually are meat and veg or sometimes pasta or rice. healthy dinner meals. i do love chocolate and can eat a packet of tim tams or whatever in one sitting lol but im not overweight or anything.
thanks for the bran muffin recipe. im too fussy to touch prunes lol they just look ick. i also hate yoghurt.
i have not gone one day of my life okay apart from when i was heavily pregnant. im so gutted it came back :( i liked being normal
sweater,
Aug 6, 10:48pm
I have had the same problem for years & now have a few things that work for me. I was buying from Hardys Health store a product called Quick Cleanse, quick fibre, sprinkle 2 Tblsp on your weetbix every morning, the cost was starting to get more each time I bought a tin, so now make my own, recipe as: 700g LSA, 125g Slippery elm, 250g Psyllium, 2 to 3 Tblsp carob powder, 500g Oat Bran, 500g Rice BranMix all together in a big tupperware bowl with a lid, put a smaller container full in the fridge & freeze the rest to take out when required, it does not freeze solid.It tastes nice & can be eaten on stewed fruit or any cereal in the morning. It might be an idea to buy a tin first & then start making your own, it works out really cheap to make & lasts for a long time. Also Lifestream Bowel Biotics, a powder that you make into a drink, also from health store, drink first thing in the morning. A cup of Alphine tea in the afternoon helps, as does Chia seeds daily as mentioned above, in other threads Natures Sunshine LBS 11 Capsules from health store when I get bad take 2 at night. Do try any or all of these as they have hepled me, I was having treatment from a specialist for years for really bad hemoriods that would cause very bad bleeding & lots of pain, but now am able to keep things under control by using these suggestions. Good luck
greerg,
Aug 6, 10:49pm
When husbandhad chemotherapy and suffered this problem, 2 kiwifruit a day solved it, although it took 4 of the kiwicrush drinks.Maybe mixing some Sanbran with your weetbix would help too - it tastes awful but mixing it with other things helps.Your menu only has one serving of fruit a day so and banana s are not very high in fibre. Berries are quite good so a handful of frozen berries with breakfast might be useful.
pickles7,
Aug 6, 11:04pm
An Aunt, used to drink, Senokot Tea. Worked for her for years.
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