[QUAD-L] Never Ending Bowel Program

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Hiya Steve.  Who's said that bowel management wasn't a good intro question, lol?     Bowel Programs are most unique to an individual.  Training take time and patience.  Making changes will also take time.... and patience.  Maybe you body is changing or resisting the efforts of your care giver.  Your diet also plays an important role in what happens .... in the end. The size of your body and variations will also affect the results of any program. Maybe you need a complete washout/evacuation and start from the beginning or better training of the person doing the digi-stim. W           In a message dated 4/9/2006 10:34:05 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: O.K. Guys,   This is my first real post. My bowel program used to take about an hour with dig-stim every 5 min. I've since then had to change attendants and sometimes now it lasts up to three hours now! My procedure is as follows:   (Metamucil every morning/night, stool softner morning/night, 4 senekot evening before program   1. Magic Bullet in bed and stretch/wait 10 min. 2. Hot Water to drink 3. transfer to shower chair over commode 4. attendant dig-stim. every 5 min till done (sometimes 3 hours) 5. Few accidents, but she's rippin me up!   What can I do to speed up process? Changes I can make? Things to try? Any suggestions would help tremendously....   Steve