Topic: UPDATE! Fecal Impaction!?!. Took hole bottle of Magnesium Citrate. not working. HELP!
AuntyLynn
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I am glad to hear you got a professional evaluation and that it seems there is nothing life threatening.
But why on EARTH do people keep recommending mineral oil as an emetic - and especially recommending that it is "natural?"
Mineral Oil is made from PETROLEUM, and even sunbathing with it can DRAW valuable Vitamin D from your body - much less introducing it directly into your digestive tract!
Hey maybe its a common medical therapy for a really stubborn issue, but its certainly nothing I would want to encourage on any regular basis.
Lymegal23 - I agree with Sammy. You should take it easy with the multiple "remedies."
Why are you so intent on getting "instant gratification?"
This situation took a while to evolve, and it is not something you can resolve with a snap of the fingers! Or with three successive "snaps!"
Just the fact you said you had to "go out and buy fruits and vegetables" might indicate that these are not foods that you normally have on hand. That speaks volumes to me.
And until you start filling that long, long plumbing system with some "bulk" throughout its entire length, you are not likely to see a lot of "action" at the far end, much less, "regularly."
But please keep drinking water too.
I do wish you luck. I just think you need find a little more patience.
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AuntyLynn
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jlf2012 mentioned this probiotic:
proboulardi by metagenics
Glad to hear the vinegar helped you last night. So it is highly likely that your gall bladder is not stepping up to the plate fast enough, whenever you need the EXTRA digestive juices that are needed to break down PROTEIN and FAT. (Hence the problem arises with meat!)
My BF has this same problem whenever he goms down any red meat - tells me he feels "too full" and "really tired" and wants to lie down. So I hand him the bottle of Papaya enzyme tablets, and he stops complaining in minutes.
There is ALSO reason to be concerned that you are taking ABX, and likely need a GOOD PROBIOTIC to balance your intestinal flora - probiotics definitely aid proper digestion, and are killed by ABX!
Here is what Lyme Emeritus Doctor "H" recommends for ALL his ABX patients:
saccharomyeces boulardi
Dr. H says this the most EFFECTIVE probiotic for preventing C-DIFF!
So keep up the veggies and the water, and get yourself any probiotic until you can obtain the saccharomyces preparation.
I'm sure you'll get through this thing, if you just give your body a little extra help, and a little time.
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Carol in PA
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quote:Originally posted by sammy: The sitting like a brick and not digesting is usually a sign of gastroparesis, slow stomach emptying.
. Lymegal, listen to sammy.
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AuntyLynn
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Good point CarolinPA -
Since we haven't heard any reports about that Mag Citrate hitting "big time" yet, this may well be a part of the problem.
Any News Lymegal23?
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springshowers
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Ozonated magnesium oxide is a Miracle For this issue and without it I end up in ER Over the years with impact and infections No doctor has ever seen or believe and I resolved finally ony own saving my life.
Hard to find tablets. Envita clinic sells it And also a product called MagO7
Do not underestimate the power and resolve you will get from a simple product . It's nothing like Taking just magnesium oxide believe me. !!
I believe I could have died if I had not found this as stimulants Of any kind in slow digestion is impossible and extremely painful in nature as it tries to work up in stomach and man it hurts.
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Lymegal, go to your local drug store and get a enema bucket or large enema bag and do one or two right after each other. You may have to start and stop and void periodocially. It helped me so much.
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Lymegal, go to your local drug store and get a enema bucket or large enema bag and do one or two right after each other. You may have to start and stop and void periodocially. It helped me so much.
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I had something very similar to this happen a few years ago, after a long period on antibiotics. I had chronic diarrhea, which got progressively worse, and I didn't realize that I had a fecal impaction at the root of it, until I tried fiber and couldn't pass it.
My poor intestines were so, so inflamed, the inflammation had caused the impaction, apparently.
I was without any money or any insurance for health care, so I self treated using enemas (no fun, but they do work) and then a prolonged regimen of bowel healing after I finally got the initial impaction dislodged.
I didn't know about the ozonated magnesium/ oxygen cleanses at the time (mag 07, oxycleanse, oxypowder) -- I think that might have resolved a lot of the problem upfront.
I hope you feel much better soon -- but I second the suggestion for one of the ozone/oxygen cleanses... I use them whenever my gut slows down ( I still get the "bells palsy of the gut" if I have a flareup) and they really can work miracles.
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tickled1
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minimonkey, can you give us more details on what your regimen for bowel healing involved?
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