I HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR GLUTENT ALLERGIES AND NOTHING HAS SHOWN UP. MY BODY IS KINDA MESSED UP IN THE FACT THAT IT MOVES LIQUIDS THOUGHT A LOT FASTER THEN NORMAL.
Well my husband had alot of problems just like YOU have. Trial and error "whatever works for you"! My husband wound up having to have a colostomy in the middle of the night -- he had been eating alot of pistachios! He had to wear a bag for 4 months, then they put his plumbing back together. He still had to watch what he ate, but the bad part of his intestines was removed. No, it was NOT cancer. Just polyps.
NOT COOL. I HAVE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS CALLED CONSTIPATION OVERFLOW, SOMETHING REALLY NASTY. ALSO BEEN DEALING WITH SHARP PAIN IN MY LEG THAT WILL GO DOWN TO MY KNEE. NOT ENJOYING ANY OF THIS.
YOUR BOWELS MIGHT BE LEAKING INTO YOUR LEG. IT IS CALLED FISSURES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU WOULD NEED TO BE OPERATED ON FOR THIS. ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO LOOK INTO THIS AND USE THE WORD FISSURES,. I AM NOT SURE HOW TO SPELL IT BUT THAT IS HOW IT IS PRONOUNCED AND IT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR BOWELS LEAK INTO YOUR UPPER LEGS.
I NEVER HEARD OF THE BOWELS LEAKING INTO ONES LEG. WE USED TO TEASE MY YOUNGEST BROTHER BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS SO SKINNY AND YET ATE LIKE A HORSE. DAD ALWAYS SAID HE HAD A HOLLOW LEG AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE EXCESS WOULD GO. KNOWING THIS SORT OF TAKES THE FUNNY OUT OF THAT JOKE.
MY OLDER SISTER LOST HER MIL TO BURST BOWEL. THE WOMAN HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR A LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT AND ALMOST DIED. SHE WAS ON THE MEND AND READY TO BE RELEASED AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. I GUESS SHE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE NURSES FOR DAYS THAT SHE NEEDED AN ENEMA BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY CONSTIPATED. THEY JUST IGNORED HER IT COST HER HER LIFE. THE BOWEL BURST AND ALL THAT BACTERIA SPREAD THROUGHOUT HER INSIDES. SHE DIED OVER NIGHT.
MY HUSBAND HAD ALL KINDS OF BOWEL PROBLEMS, THAT IS WHY I WARNED CDW OF SOME OF THE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE THAT CAN HAPPEN. I SUSPECT THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU ARE BORN WITH BUT DOES NOT BECOME A PROBLEM UNTIL MUCH LATER IN LIFE.
YEA, I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TENDONS IN MY ARMS AND LEGS. THEY ARE TOO THICK WHICH MAKES THEM STIFF AND PAINFUL TOO. THE DOC SAYS THAT I WAS PROBABLY BORN WITH THE PROBLEM AND IT HAS JUST GOTTEN WORSE WITH AGE.
SORT OF YEA, BUT IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE CLIMBING THE STAIRS BECAUSE MY KNEES DON'T WANT TO BEND FAR ENOUGH TO GET MY LEG UP TO THE NEXT STEP. EVEN SITTING CAN BE HARD IF THE CHAIR, TOILET, OR WHATEVER IS TOO LOW. I CAN GO JUST SO FAR AND THEN I HAVE TO LET MYSELF FALL, THEN GETTING MY BACK UP WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY CAIN OR THE HAND OF A FRIEND IS ANOTHER PAIN. IN MOST CASES FORCING ONES SELF TO EXERCISE WOULD LIMBER UP THE JOINTS AND EVENTUALLY THE PROBLEM WOULD GET BETTER. IN MY CASE, I PUSH MYSELF TO EXERCISE BECAUSE IT IS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD SUGAR, BUT IT IS MISERABLE ON MY LEGS. THE TENDONS IN THE SIDES OF MY KNEES AND BACKS OF MY LEGS START TO TIGHTEN UP AND AND HURT, AND THEY WILL STAY THAT WAY FOR DAYS AFTER JUST TEN TO TWENTY MINUTES OF WALKING WITH THE DOG. IT GETS SO BAD THAT ITS ALL I CAN ENDURE JUST TO GET MYSELF TO THE BATHROOM AND BACK, LET ALONE GET BACK OUT AND EXERCISE AGAIN.
IT IS HARD FOR ME TO HANDLE MENTALLY MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I USED TO LOVE TO GO FOR WALKS. MY SISTER AND I USED TO WALK UP TO TEN MILES IN ONE DAY JUST TO BE OUTSIDE. WE WALKED FIVE MILES INTO TOWN BOUGHT A SODA AND SAT ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE STORE TO DRINK IT. THEN RETURN THE BOTTLE AND WALK BACK HOME. LOL, NOW I CAN'T EVEN WALK TWO BLOCKS AND WHEN I GET BACK INSIDE THERE HAD BETTER NOT BE ANYONE IN THE PATH TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE I WILL BE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF IT. IT GETS VERY DEPRESSING IF I ALLOW MYSELF TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I love to look back to when I was a kid and we walked everywhere!! We thought nothing of it. Now with exhaust fumes and crazy drivers it is hardly safe to walk anywhere! I am so glad that my neighbor encouraged me to join Curves. Deb, don't you have a YMCA around there somewhere? I joined the one here, but have never been. I have a friend in another city who goes to the YMCA 3 times a week! They have swimming pools. Great therapy!
I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD TRY WATER AEROBICS, BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD ACCESS TO A POOL WHERE I FELT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. I DON'T EXACTLY HAVE PROPER SWIM WEAR. NOR WOULD I WANT TO BE WEARING THAT SORT OF THING IN PUBLIC. A COUPLE TIMES I TRIED SIGNING UP FOR A LOCAL "BIGGEST LOSER" CONTEST. WHERE YOU GOT FREE USE OF THE GYM FOR THREE MONTHS SO YOU COULD USE THE EQUIPMENT TO SPEED UP THE WEIGHT LOSS. I ENJOYED USING THE STATIONARY BIKES, AND A FEW OF THE OTHER MACHINES, BUT BLEW OUT MY KNEE DOING IT. LOST MY JOB BECAUSE OF IT TOO.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT WHERE I LIVE NOW AND EVEN IF THERE WAS I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO TRY AGAIN.
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MY OLDER SISTER LOST HER MIL TO BURST BOWEL. THE WOMAN HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR A LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT AND ALMOST DIED. SHE WAS ON THE MEND AND READY TO BE RELEASED AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. I GUESS SHE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE NURSES FOR DAYS THAT SHE NEEDED AN ENEMA BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY CONSTIPATED. THEY JUST IGNORED HER IT COST HER HER LIFE. THE BOWEL BURST AND ALL THAT BACTERIA SPREAD THROUGHOUT HER INSIDES. SHE DIED OVER NIGHT.
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IT IS HARD FOR ME TO HANDLE MENTALLY MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I USED TO LOVE TO GO FOR WALKS. MY SISTER AND I USED TO WALK UP TO TEN MILES IN ONE DAY JUST TO BE OUTSIDE. WE WALKED FIVE MILES INTO TOWN BOUGHT A SODA AND SAT ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE STORE TO DRINK IT. THEN RETURN THE BOTTLE AND WALK BACK HOME. LOL, NOW I CAN'T EVEN WALK TWO BLOCKS AND WHEN I GET BACK INSIDE THERE HAD BETTER NOT BE ANYONE IN THE PATH TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE I WILL BE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF IT. IT GETS VERY DEPRESSING IF I ALLOW MYSELF TO THINK ABOUT IT.
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THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT WHERE I LIVE NOW AND EVEN IF THERE WAS I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO TRY AGAIN.