You hit the nail on the head. Its depends on your attendant and should be a joint venture between quad and helper. I have found more times than not the answer lies in digital stim. If you don't get the hard pieces out, you simply wont go. I knew a para whose mom got him on a chair, inserted suppository and waited. Every month the man was in the hospital getting cleaned out. There are other factors such as exercise, water intake. laxatives, how much you eat. If a quad cant find proper help to get evacuated the right way, he or she better look into a colostomy bag. bowell routines to me are the most challenging for a lot of quads and paras. Ron
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] b care My personal belief and practice is that a bowel program should be practiced each day around the same time. Unlike urine which is discharged as sterile, feces is discharged with lots of nasty bacteria and other wasteful mass. Storing waste in your body is not good for your health system, nor do you benefit from holding on... to it. Life most Quads, you are hostage to those who assist you with your bowel program and are scheduled only when they are ready. What are you doing wrong? Best Wishes In a message dated 11/6/2013 7:59:11 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: what bowel care works for you? i'm almost 1 week w/out. longest w/out has been 2-3 weeks. i've tried a lot in past 27 yrs, & wondering what works for others. > >Patricia L. Brown-Tulee >[email protected] > > > >while adding years to your life, add life to your years
