P.S. As far as an obstruction goes...there's always
that possibility. Try changing a few things and see
what happens first before you fill your mind with
stress (another aggravater to bowel probs). All my
best to you. I really would try some of these things.
They cannot hurt you.
--- tinky <anonymous@medispecialty.com> wrote:
> Hey all, > What a great board. I have what seems to be a common > problem here. > I have stage 4 endo, and tons of adhesions from > previous surgeries. > > The only ones that bother me seem to be (I figure) > around the right > ovary area (whichis no longer there). Here is my > question(s): > > In order to move my bowels each day, I have to get > up, drink coffee and > sit and relax for about an hour. if i miss the > relaxing part, the day > is shot, and after 2 days, I use a laxative (one of > those intestine > irritating types). I occasionaly have stools with > darker parts which i > figure might be old blood. This started after my > last surgery, and i > was on a low fiber diet for about 6 months till that > mostly cleared > up.... > > Now this would be great (relatively speaking) if I > did not have like a > real life and could sit and relax for an hour each > morning -- which I > suppose i could do, but it sort of stinks to make it > the central part of > my life. > > SO: do you guys have experience with this sort of > thing getting worse? > I eat a fairly high fiber diet, which from reading > this list today i > realize might just be stupid. > > Am i looking down the barrell at an obstruction? ANy > ideas? oh, and from > my last surgery 3 years ago, i went thru menopause, > so my endo is > stable. > > thanks in advance for your thoughts and > opinions!!!!! > > -tinky > > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm