Well its been awhile since I've last updated. I gave the fiber, the papaya enzyme a good month to work, and even though there was that one day of hope....I saw no changes.  How effing depressing.

Sometimes I wanna I just wanna be like "really...ass problems...c'mon, throw me a bone here". We've been talking a lot about symptoms lately and there are some really shitty ones out there, but sometimes I get really pissed off and bitter that mine all revolve around my asshole. I hate being Fiber conscious, and buying fiber products at the store. I'm not 80 damn it, I'm a pretty attractive chick in my 20's...buying Fiber at the drug store doesn't exactly do much for my self esteem.

I went back to the gastro, and he said he wanted to give me one more Fiber supplement to try. He wants to try this one last thing on the natural route, because, and I quote " I'm too young to start on medication".

While I appreciate his eagerness to keep me off extra medication, and taking my age into account...that doesn't change the fact that I AM, in fact young, and I DO in fact have MS, and I also CANNOT POOP.  This is one of the few symptoms that I deal with constantly, and one of the few that I would gladly take medication if I knew it would help.

So needless to say I'm trying a different supplement now, this one is Fiber-sure, which is a powder and I am starting on 1 heaping teaspoon a day.  I was also instructed that if I do not have a bowel movement within 48 hrs...to also take milk of magnesium. I am not taking the Benefiber or Papaya Enzyme with this other stuff. So this could be an interesting month...I'm not going to lie...I'm hopeful. But I also fear it will work too well and I will be shitting my pants uncontrollably....

 


Comments

Emms

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:15:02

From an MS perspective, I can't share shitty stories with you.

But I come from a family with many shitty stories...where a double dose of milk of magnesia is not uncommon.

I hope that your gastro can get you righted!

 

Walker

Tue, 05 May 2009 22:32:46

I can sympathize completely. I've had MS since 2000 (diagnosed when I was 25) and for the past few years it's been mostly in remission (a few relapses) with Betaseron treatment. But the symptoms that just never go away are bladder, bowel, and other things that live in that same region. :( I finally started taking fiber last year and it's helped me quite a bit. Actually, the best thing I've found is the Costco house brand fiber tablets--it's cheap and boy does it work! Started off with two a day and that was way too much. Now I take one a day and have no issues in that department. My neurologist prescribed Detrol for the bladder issues, and that's worked very well too. No more getting up 4 times a night to go to the bathroom--once at the most.

Anyway, I dig your blog--keep it up!

 



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