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[CLKD]

Opposite effect recently  well, last night  - 2 weeks ago I had a nearly fruit only Sunday by Tuesday afternoon I was dashing to the loo - whoever said that fruit is good for us  - 2 days ago I drank a lot of fruit juice with bits in plus ate other fruits: last night, dashign to the loo ........ not ill but in a hurry    ........... staying clear of fruit 

[CLKD]

except fruit, I'm avoiding it and the fruit juice 

my bowel has been not unwell in recent weeks but I am aware of alterations 

[pixie]

Oh dear, best to avoid it until better.  Fruit doing zilch for me.     Its lentil curry tonight - fingers X

[CLKD]

yep but there's alovely bowl of mixed fruits in the fridge .......... I think I will do a 'sensitivity' test this week 

Oily fish can get my bowel working too .......... as can fried tomotoes

[Annika]

I'm having the same problem Pixie and it has been that way now for the last couple of years. Tomorrow I see my doctor so I'm going to ask her to check my Thyroid as I seem to be gaining back all the weight I had lost. Thing is I really don't over eat and work out regularly at the gym. My brekkie is a bowl of coarse cut oatmeal, a handful of Flaxseed and raisins then snacks of fresh fruit, apples up the yin yan and still nothing  

[Bette]

I tried (and failed) to control it with diet alone for years. Stuff the gp gave me had the opposite (and dramatic!  ) effect so I was amazed when Fybogel sorted it for me. I think it's just a case of finding the right thing for you.
Bette x

[Suzi Q]

Ducolax they worked brilliantly
I had a perm sore bum chum xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[pixie]

Just an update.  Normally i eat the recommended amount of fruit and veg, but it wasn't working.  Since I have added a large teaspoon of all bran to porridge a day and also eaten 5 taste the difference prunes, I have noticed things are getting  back to normal.  The prunes were expensive, but taste quite nice!  Fybrogel there on standby.  Thanks everyone for you helpful suggestions.

[Guineapig]

Glad you seemed to have found something to suit you Pixie. My bowels have been problem forever  stress has a huge part to play. If i get anxious etc my bum just ceases up! I have laxatives on stand by, but i have persevered with All bran and a pear a day. Eventually after about 2 weeks it seems to "kick in". If i miss a day of either that's it, back to square one. 
When my hubby says just off for quick poo - I am so so jealous     
x

[sandi]

Hi ladies,

I have had bowel problems since I was a little girl, and the menopause just magnifies everything for me!  I have a rectal prolapse, so really have to watch that I don't get constipated as I don't want surgery.  I have found that the best combination for me is plenty of fluids, good nutrition inc veg and fruit normally, and then a concoction of a squirt of lactulose, desertspoon of flaxseed mixed with linseed (good form menopausal symptoms also) mixed with apple juice first thing in the morning after I have opened my bowels.  Then it is low down in my bowel the following day and makes a soft loose stool.  I also have a fissure which splits now and again if the first bit of stool is hard, so use Nelsons H Care haemorroid cream which helps it 'glide' out.  Hope some of this helps!  What a bloody palaver . . .  .

[CLKD]

Thanks Sandi those fissures can be nasty 

I feel very bunged up in the bowel dept today and queasy as a result    ............

[pixie]

The costipation has gone, after increasing fluid intake, eating 5 prunes a day and all bran on porridge in the mornings!

[pixie]

Susan I wouldn't bother with home made enemas, not very safe.     You could try 1 or 2 Bootes glycerine suppositories first, if you really think its impacted? My mum gets irritable bowel and swears by them.

xx

[CLKD]

Speak to a Pharmacist about what to use .......... something gentle.  Senokot?

[pixie]

Laxido is another, my GP said that they all take it when they go cruising in the Carribean! It works well! 
For constipation that has been present for a long time or impaction.  He gave me some, but i haven't needed it yet!