Delicately wondering

[badger]

I found drinking kefir made me regular like nothing else. It was quite remarkable, and that's coming from somone who exercises and eats loads of vegetable and still manage to not be regular.

I used to buy these huge jugs of kefir from Washington, but stores in Canada only sells them in small containers that are much too expensive to buy regularly so I haven't had kefir in a while. Needless to say I'm not as regular as I was when I was consuming it.

You can also make kefir quite easily by buying the kefir grains. The bonus is kefir's good for your gut and immune system, too.

[Bike Chick]

Now I have to admit I had to google kefir to find out what in the world it was. Sounds interesting.......but can see how it would work. Yogurt also helps keep the gut in check and guess it's along the same lines.

[indysteel]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm willing to try just about anything at this point. My doc's office just called with some meds to try. I blanched at the word "suppository." Ugh.

Thanks for the well wishes, too! I'm so not "bridal" in any way; neither of us really want a wedding. So we're planning to exchange our vows privately (we're thinking Bruges or Paris but are still toying with other locales) and have one of the judges/lawyers I know perform what's needed legally. It'll probably be this spring. Thankfully, we have our parents' support in foregoing a wedding.

I really like the juxtaposition of poo and marriage in this thread! How hilarious. In all seriousness though, you know you have a keeper when, in two months' time, they nurse you after you have 4 teeth extracted (nothing says love like changing somebody's bloody dressings), help you nurse and pay for two sick cats (nothing further says love helping you rush a kitty to the vet) and lovingly listen to you whine about 'roids and constipation. How sexy am I?

[deeaimond]

Congratulations Indy! both on the movement and the engagement


I have to go everyday, sometimes twice a day if not i just feel like crap, pun totally intended. BF and I were just discussing this yesterday... strangely...

as for inspecting yr stool... I do that everyday. The colour, shape and consistency are actually indicators of bowel health, and in general overall wellbeing.

In traditional chinese medicine, if a child has a fever that is not explained by a cold or something, the doctor will ask the mother to feed high fiber foods to induce BM, and it usually works. fever will go away.

[Jolt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVgi8hoFFc "Everything Comes Down to Poo" from Scrubs. Very appropriate for this thread!!

[shootingstar]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm willing to try just about anything at this point. My doc's office just called with some meds to try. I blanched at the word "suppository." Ugh.

Thanks for the well wishes, too! I'm so not "bridal" in any way; neither of us really want a wedding. So we're planning to exchange our vows privately (we're thinking Bruges or Paris but are still toying with other locales) and have one of the judges/lawyers I know perform what's needed legally. It'll probably be this spring. Thankfully, we have our parents' support in foregoing a wedding.

I really like the juxtaposition of poo and marriage in this thread! How hilarious. In all seriousness though, you know you have a keeper when, in two months' time, they nurse you after you have 4 teeth extracted (nothing says love like changing somebody's bloody dressings), help you nurse and pay for two sick cats (nothing further says love helping you rush a kitty to the vet) and lovingly listen to you whine about 'roids and constipation. How sexy am I?

Glad you found true love, indy via these 'tests' of his care for you Are you going to do any cycling on your vows-exchange-honeymoon?

Suppository isn't bad for curing problem. Worse things in life. I just make sure I don't go cycling with one inside me...yea, sure. Chugging up the hill. Wouldn't want an oops!

I'm like badger and other au naturel folks on BM ...I eat certain natural foods for good piping function instead of pharmacy laxatives. (I realize certain illnesses cause constipation when hospitalized, so that does require laxative.) Last time I had a pharmacy laxative, was when I was a child. I actually seldom have problems with constipation..but thx BikingNurse for the bran tip.

Daily fruits, veggies, certain grains, fluids, enough sleep, eating meals at reasonable times and daily exercise helps me.

But the exception is when I eat beans of any sort, it is abit constipation. So East Indian bean dishes or that yummy authentic Mexican restaurant meal with refried beans...takes 1-2 days for me to be normal again. Has anyone had this minor problem with beans of any sort?

[OakLeaf]

Wow, that's weird, beans are so high in fiber both soluble and insoluble, you'd think they'd have the opposite effect.

I wouldn't know, I probably have some kind of legumes at least four days a week.

[indysteel]

Glad you found true love, indy via these 'tests' of his care for you Are you going to do any cycling on your vows-exchange-honeymoon?

Suppository isn't bad for curing problem. Worse things in life. I just make sure I don't go cycling with one inside me...yea, sure. Chugging up the hill. Wouldn't want an oops!

But the exception is when I eat beans of any sort, it is abit constipation. So East Indian bean dishes or that yummy authentic Mexican restaurant meal with refried beans...takes 1-2 days for me to be normal again. Has anyone had this minor problem with beans of any sort?

Thankfully, I knew I'd found true love well before those "test." They're just icing on the cake. We may rent some bikes, but I doubt that we do any actual touring. He's not as big of a fan as I am of multi-day tours, although I'm trying to work on that. He's a cyclist at least, so that's good.

I'm not sure what food really help or hurt me. Until now, it's never been a huge issue as I've been regular no matter what. Over the last two days, I've had fiber cereal, beans, lentils, lettuce and other assorted veggies and apples. It did dawn on me yesterdeay that my diet has changed to some degree in that I'm eating a bit more meat, so I'm going to scale that back, too. That's probably best anyway.

As much as I hate the constipation and hemorroids, it has been a bit of a wake up call to clean up my diet a bit. It's not that I've been eating poorly, really, but it could stand some improvement. When I'm riding a lot, I tend to look at foods almost strictly from an energy standpoint, so I end up eating a lot of fresh and whole foods. Lately, I've gotten away from that to some degree.