Any input???
#330522 - 06/03/08 05:11 AM
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I am mostly IBS with gas bloating and sometimes diahhrea. Friday I had laproscopic surgery to remove a growth from the outside of my stomach. All turned out well. No malignancy. Of course I didn't eat all day Friday or Saturday and they pumped me with antibiotics but I have not had a BM since Friday morning. Just tons and tons of trapped gas and pain. I know the antibiotics did not help and I know they pump air into your abdominal cavity and I know the trauma the whole thing causes. I have been eating and the right things too (fish,chicken,rice,oatmeal,banana,applesauce, etc)and taking my fiber but scared because I have never been constipated. Any input? Mare
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Maryann,
Try adding some more fruits and veggies to your diet and lots of water. Also, for some people bananas can be constipating. You could make a fruit smoothie and throw in a tablespoon of ground flaxseed. If you can tolerate beans, try a bean burrito (using a flour tortilla, you get your SF). What I do sometimes is heat a four tortilla, put refried beans on, mix 1 teaspoon of acacia powder in the beans, then roll it up.
Sharon
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As well, I would highly recommend taking probiotics to replenish the good bacteria the antibiotics wiped out. Take at least 2 hours after your last antibiotic treatment each day, and then I would continue to take them daily indefinitiely.
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