Hi Roy, I also take fiber capsules daily. The apple a day sounds doable...but dried apricots are not the most tasty things, for me :)
So are you saying....no senna and no stool softeners? I don't know if anything will come out if I do that. How about Miralax as suggested by John? Thanks sooooo much! Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Abell To: 'John S.' ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:48 AM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] stool softeners Paul... ... as some of you may know I've spent the last 20 years studying the bowel and how to help our problem. Based on that... let me give you some of my knowledge. Hard stool is always caused by stool remaining in your colon too long as the purpose of the colon is to remove water from the highly liquid stool coming from the small intestine. Almost every quadriplegic that I have known... including myself... has what is called slow "transit" time... meaning that the stool goes slowly through your colon. This causes more water to be extracted and the result is hard stool. So here are some choices and I would recommend to you: 1. Avoid all laxatives of all kinds because they damage your colon tissue. Chemicals are not good for your body. 2. Eat more fruit... especially apples because their fiber is the best available today for this problem. 3. Locate some dried apricots at the local market and eat about 5-6 of them daily. You've heard of the help of prunes... dried apricots are supercharged prunes. 4. Finally... drink more water as this will help your stool become softer and easier to pass. Finally... if all else fails please go to my website... link below for more information. Your quadriplegic friend... Roy Roy Abell President PIE*Medical International, Inc. 904-471-1200 after 1 p.m. EST http://www.mybowel.com "Solving chronic bowel problems with a new therapy enema kit that indicates it can restore normal bowel function with many people." From: John S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] stool softeners Senna is not real good at long term use for a lot of folks. eat more greens, take acidophylus an hour after prescriptions and try Mirilax. The Mirilax will do the job but the rest is still good advice. Best wishes, john ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 1:15:36 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] stool softeners Hi, Hoping some of you folks might be able to provide assistance. Recently my stools have become very hard. I currently take 2 over-the-counter stool softener capsules the night before my routine which I do every other morning, every other day. I also take two senna tablets the night before as well. But recently, they have become hard. Any thoughts on what to try? Thanks so much! Paul J. - Healthy 44 year-old c5/6 complete
