Problem with constipation at 82.

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, giddyup said:

I do eat high fibre cereals like oat bran

Eat more bran. Buy the bran separately and add more to the porridge.

[klauskunkel]

I drink a teaspoon of olive oil every few days. Works well.

[Luuk Chaai]

Sounds like you might be lacking in proper nutrition

 you need more animal fat in your diet  not "sawdust" drinks and chemicals

 

Eat animal-based foods. This means no:

Fruits Vegetables Legumes grains Sugars Nuts Seeds And anything else that isn’t meat

[steven100]

I had the same problem years ago ...

I went to the doctor and he scribbled out a prescription and said '  go get suppository pills '  take 1 morning and night before sleep .....

 

anyway,  after a week I went back and told the doc ' .......   those pills you gave me were useless  !!     for all the good they did I might as well shoved them up my a_se   

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 

Emulax BISACODYL stimulant Laxative. 

2 small tabs when a build up. All softened, comes out easily, no pain about 6 - 8 hrs later. 80 years old, occasional problem.

100 tabs 45Baht at Pharma Choice

Milk of Magnesia, same thing.

[msbkk]

I highly recommend to eat a few dates every day. Prunes work as well. Or even better a few of both daily.

[iLuvThai]

I eat Oatmeal cereal every morning and it works for me. I'm in my 60's and I've had issues with this most of my life. If you make it a habit just to sit on the toilet for as long as it takes even if you don't feel the urge to go, chances are the urge will come if you can just relax and the other person that suggested the Squatty Potty, that also works. 

[Freddy42OZ]

18 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Eat two whole unpeeled kiwi fruit every day.  Guaranteed to work.

 

Swallowing them is hard, especially the first one.

[bignbad]

Big session on beer Chang, always works for me!

[Fishoholic]

Magnesium as a supplement is very important especially if you are sweating a lot.

Good diet with plenty fiber.

Also drink plenty fluids.

These methods are medically proven without the need for laxatives.

[sikishrory]

Overnight oats covered in fruit, prunes, almonds and flax each morning.

With a shot of pyslium husk water on the side. Or metamucil (same but with sugar).

The poo poos will be fallin out the bott bott no worries.

The fibre does suck moisture from the bowel so you should drink more water.

This everyday also rapidly lowers cholesterol

[deadbeat]

I was told by an old timer here that this problem has a simple and inexpensive fix without playing around with your diet.

When you want a number two put the bum gun up where the sun dont shine.

It'll all come out of you like a waterfall.

Leaves your aristotle as clean as a whistle too.

[newbee2022]

18 hours ago, sometime said:

senokot laxative , just Google it

Not good. It's a "senna" product with side effects

[john donson]

bum gun... aim well, let your colon fill with water... the urge will come

 

my a spray is set to  PAINT REMOVER strength

[easton]

Drink plenty of water and take a stool softener daily.

[Jaggg88]

One or two teaspoons of this in a glass of water every day stops you from getting constipation. It's all-natural and pure fibre. I buy it from Lazada

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, Jaggg88 said:

One or two teaspoons of this in a glass of water every day stops you from getting constipation. It's all-natural and pure fibre. I buy it from Lazada

 

that was my thought earlier 👍

 

12 hours ago, KhunLA said:

@giddyup I  I think the Psyllium husk powder, is the ingredient doing all the work.

 

Which I've actually thought about searching for that, when I run out of my stash of ... 

 

 A quick Google, and that's reassuring ...

 

Edited 2 hours ago by KhunLA

[Yagoda]

Figs and Prunes, Dragon Fruit and Pineapple

[blazes]

3 hours ago, deadbeat said:

I was told by an old timer here that this problem has a simple and inexpensive fix without playing around with your diet.

When you want a number two put the bum gun up where the sun dont shine.

It'll all come out of you like a waterfall.

Leaves your aristotle as clean as a whistle too.

 

You mean, it comes out on a Plato???

[watgate]

My wifes sister has been using Coffee DENE  Detoks for more then 5 years and it cleans her out. I am using it and it takes awhile for it to kick in, but when it does, can you say exploding a--hole. The listed ingredients on the package are non- dairy creamer 48%,instant coffee 22%,fiber 14%, white kidney bean extract 4%,collagen 3.5%, psyllium husk 3.5%, garcinia 2%, Tamarind extract powder 2%, rosella extract powder 0.9 % and sucralose 0.1 %.

     I don't think it is a laxative but with my shi- luck .......?

[alanrchase]

Make sure you stay hydrated. My father was in and out of hospital due to constipation when he was in his eighties,  the cause was always due to not staying hydrated.

[sometime]

Bumped into a friend this morning, and it reminded me that he had the same problem, turned out to be stage one bowel cancer.

He is fine now after the OP. 

He is just turned 80