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David

It is probably the pain killers that are causing the constipation, more than your inactivity.

The Senocot is a very gentle natural vegetable laxative which really does help ......... take it for heavens' sake!

You could also try greatly increasing the amount of WATER that you drink each day ........... about 2 litres a day, or 8-10 8 oz glasses as a minimum.

If your urine becomes a very very pale colour, you are close to drinking too much, so drop back to 1 glass less.

Also make sure that you are eating much more "roughage" than you used to do ........ fruit, veggies, bran flakes, etc


BUT RR is also perfectly correct ............. you're stupid to keep ignoring it and asking US for advice instead of telling your doctor how bad it is. Just in case it is more than the medications.

Sorry, it's kebab. How come they never put it in the fridge ?

Or some o that stuff off the rotating spit in the chippy, not sure what it is Keeboo?

Just have a Burger off the street sellers
I am sure the Salmonella in them with get you moving :-D :-D

The pain was in the left knee and tibia RR
Things have to be really bad to be a pain in the rear.

David, if you are concerned that the Dr won't treat you properly because of your claim ( which to be honest I doubt would be the case) then you could change Dr?

But please pursue this, I by no means wish to alarm, but you do need to consider that there may be other causes for the constipation, most probably it is the tablets you take and nothing more, but the Dr should check it out, especially if you are experiencing any pain.

My diet is pretty much unchanged, it's the immobility is causing the problem.
Tin of California prunes is cheap and effective.

I'm surprised the hospital allowed me to go so long without a bowel movement.

In also find dried dates good too. from most health shops.

I'll tell you a wee fact I'm concerned about. My leg injury needed six surgical operations and a biopsy spanning several weeks RR. The knee is now immobile, won't bend or flex. I sued the NHS for incompetence/ negligence about a year ago.
The pertinent details to back up my claim were absent from the file, a foreign body flushed from my knee during the biopsy that followed 2 fixators on and off again. Six weeks on a drip, they say for a urinary infection eh ?!!
Ive turned 70. My fear is if I make too much fuss about the claim I lost and subsequent things, it's the easiest thing for a doctor to call a patient demented !!
I'm safer with the occasional tin o prunes and a handful of grapes :-S :-S

Hi David, I find Fybrogel sachets brilliant. and you can get them on prescription.Hope this is helpful.

You need to pursue it David, don't be fobbed off.

I phoned my GP advising her of the problem. At the time I was also experiencing a lot of pain RR.
She said I'll send you a prescription for Codeine. Don't bother says I, for weeks in the hospital I was severely constipated due to Codeine. Then I'll send you Senacot she says. I was thinking she's not listening. Brief conversation. Within 48 hours I received a prescription for both Senacot and Codeine.

Check with your doctor, because other tablets you are on may be contibuting to it ( pain killers etc) he may be able to change them.

Before crippling my leg in an accident 3 years ago constipation was never a problem.
However, due to very limited movement due to the injured leg, I now experience intermittent constipation.
Grapes or prunes are a help. How log can constipation persist before it is serious ?