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Old May 15, 2010, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by sunrise View Post
jbug, I've found that exercise really helps, even if it is just walking a few blocks.

For foods, I like bran muffins and also the cereal Cracklin' Bran. It comes in little mini-donut shapes and is sweetened. It is a great snack! My sister likes Fiber 1 bars. I like granola bars. And any bread I eat is whole grain. Plus lots of vegetables.

My doctor prescribed a medication for acne for me once that was terrible in this regard. I would take it for 2 days then have to go off of it for 4 days to solve the constipation. I told the doctor and he said to discontinue it immediately. Not all patients do well on all meds, and this is a very legitimate reason to discontinue a med. My doc was able to prescribe a different med which didn't have this side effect. Have you talked to your doctor about prescribing a different medication?

I have talked to my pdoc about it and feels that since the meds are helping me deal with all the stuff I am having to deal with right now he doesn't really want to change anything. He just says to take a laxative or stool softener.

I think the first thing I will try is chocolate covered raisins. I had talked with my mom because we bought some at Sam's for me and I didn't get to eat many of them because between Mom and Dad snacking on it I just didn't get very many of them and she said that when she was eating them she didn't have any problem going.

Jan
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