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- Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:32 am
- Forum: ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
- Topic: constipation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3403
Re: constipation
thanks for all of the advice and well wishes!! participant on this forum are clearly a knowledgeable caring group...great resource want to get your thoughts on caffeine regarding constipaion I was never a coffee drinker, but started drinking a few cups a day, and I think it has been of some benefit,...
- Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:45 am
- Forum: ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
- Topic: constipation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3403
Re: constipation
thanks all for the suggestions!!! guess it is a matter of finding what is best, and can be used consistently without doing harm still using the miralax + the senna (ex-lax)...miralax adds water, and the senna moves things along seems, at least for me, no matter how much water is added with miralax o...
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
- Topic: constipation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3403
Re: constipation
using senna (ex-lax), and HUGE help...understand stimulant laxatives long-term is NOT recommended as it might become a dependency, but hey, I figure gotta do what you gotta do, and nothing has help like this...miralax keeps it from getting hard (sorry about the details), definitely important, but wh...
- Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:06 pm
- Forum: ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
- Topic: constipation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3403
constipation
No doubt the most significant quality of life issue from the PN damage for me has been constipation. Never even thought about going to the bathroom prior to the PN issues, everything, in that regard, 100% normal. I know from previous posts that others are dealing with this same issue. My doctors ins...
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:23 am
- Forum: WELCOME CENTER
- Topic: New PNer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2918
Re: New PNer
Thanks, Doreen. It's worst at night -- that's when I lose sensation in the genitals. I can't stay asleep or get comfortable right now and I'm sure the anxiety is playing a big part, too. What's also frustrating is how long its taking to get the additional tests like "Sayer(?)" and EMG (no...
- Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:02 pm
- Forum: WELCOME CENTER
- Topic: newboy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 472
Re: newboy
I am one of the few here that has severe numbness, and not too much pain. Numbness for me is entire pelvic region and no improvement after about 9 months now. I do not know the cause of my problem, but it sure sounds like yours is from the biking. Read the info in the board and get some treatment fa...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:07 am
- Forum: WELCOME CENTER
- Topic: Nerve pain after stitches.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1458
Re: Nerve pain after stitches.....
Hi there, just hoping to find someone who knows what I'm going thru really! I had a bad 2nd degree tear while giving birth to my wee man back in March (he had both his hands under his chin so wasn't tucked in nicely) and had to have stitches- and I'm still in pain 9+ months down the line! I noticed...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:59 am
- Forum: PAIN MANAGEMENT & MEDICATIONS
- Topic: Vicoden
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1344
Re: Vicoden
I am on 5mg of vicoden and 2 mg of valuim. Both are small dosages. They help somtimes others times I need more. The Nerve block that I had did nothing to realy help with the the pain just the consant burning I had became less of a problem. 5mg of vicodin and 2mg of valium are both super low dosages...
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:23 am
- Forum: PAIN MANAGEMENT & MEDICATIONS
- Topic: Vicoden
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1344
Re: Vicoden
there are meds for nerve pain, neurontin and lyrica being the most popular I believe, but if the vicodin is not working, I am guessing the others will not work unless the vicodin dosage is very small
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:00 am
- Forum: PAIN MANAGEMENT & MEDICATIONS
- Topic: Marijuana
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3490
Re: Marijuana
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is he ingredient in pot that gets you high never heard of any pot that does not have THC, and as far as I know, all the medical benefits from pot rely on what is basically the active ingredient, THC so I wold be more than interested in a strain of pot that does not get you...