Only 2 day's, well my friend consider yourself lucky. This may sound gross and it may devalue my girl points here on the board, but considering the bloat going on in my stomach right now, you should count yourself lucky. I usually go about 5-7 days in between, well, you know what I'm talking about. It is terrible, but EVERY possible thing has been tried and yet nothing has worked. But then again I am on 240mg of oxyconin a day and 40mg of oxycodone a day, so I am sure you an imagine my frustration. I am in no way saying that 2 days is not a long time, because when I get to day 2 I am already miserable, but then the days just keep passing that second day up and I only have faint memories of what that specific day felt like. Whatever it felt like, I am quite positive it was far less painful then day 7!!

My problem is that I already had inflammatory bowel disease before the back pain and subsequent pain meds, so in one form or another, I have had several stomach problems just about all of my life. However the stomach pain I have edured during this last year is something very new to me. I sometimes think the pain is so bad that by the time I do pop out a few pups (have children) it will be a breeze. Really, I have to believe that the pain that comes with these kind of stomach aches can not be matched by anything else. Because if it did, no one would have more than 1 child. Seriously, it can get very bad!!

So my advice to whomever is getting constipated, discuss this with your doctor and find out if he/has any suggestions to help with the blockage. You can also ask several pharmacists out there. They are usually pretty knowledgeable when it comes to these sort of things. They may know about a brand new treatment for constipation, or they may just have a suggestion that no one else has shared. Sorry about this kind of talk, it is pretty gross huh? But really, if you think that words are gross, I can't wait until you see what a weeks worth of opiate induced poop will look/smell like! Sorry moderators, but sometimes a graphic descrption is the only way to really express one's thoughts.

Anyway, I suggest that you should take a Ducolax (sp?) and a stool softner, every night beofre you go to bed. Also, getting in a long walk in should help get things moving around there. Even if you are in a lot of pain, excersise is almost always a sure way to get things stirred up in there. The more you just sit around without a lot of movement, the more constipated you will be. Even if getting up and walking/excersising sounds like the worst possible thing you can do right, it is usually always reccomended for constipation. Also, if it has been over a week then you should consider drinking a nasty bottle of magnesium citrare. This will clean you out quite well and then you will be back at square one. Meaning that you can start fresh (so to speak) with some kind of laxative/stool softner each night, but you can take the lightest dose and will not have to worry about getting real sick and crampy the next morning. I mean you can just continue taking these and will hopefully never have to drink the magnesium citrate again. By the way, all of this stuff can be found at your local Wal-Mart.

I know that someone already said that they oppose getting caught up in taking too many laxatives, and I completely agree. It can be dangerous and if this is done for too long, at too high of a dose, then you will have a hard time ever pushing up the daisies without a laxative in ya. So I guess that sort of means that they can be addictive. Funny huh!

Anyway, good luck and one last bit of advice, and not to sound to gross here, be careful that your face does not get too red or that you are not sweating all over when that magnesium citrate, or milk of magnesia, or whatever you choose, kicks in, because the last thing you want to do (or at least the last thing I ever want to do) is make the headlines by checking out at age 29, in such a HORRIFIC way!!!!! Now, if I were to keel over while I was running a marathon, or even shopping, then that would be O.K., I guess, but can you imagine if the laxative did not work but you were ready to get the show started and you underestimated your strength when suddenly....... yikes, I will sign off right there. I think I was graphic enough. But when it comes to tummy aches I have lost all dignity and I just get real honest.

Just be careful and make sure you check with your doc first, in case for some weird reason you really can not take any kind of laxative, it would be better to find that out before step one, as you may not ever even make it to the final step, or even worse your final step may be the same final step that Elvis took. Clarification: Elvis in the later years. HA

O.K. good luck everyone, and if I do get in trouble for this post, I am sorry, I was just being truthful, but sometimes I can just be full of it. HA