been to two doc's this week

Sorry for not responding back on my last post. My computer messed up. I have been to surgeon for hemi's he will not be able to band them. all he told me was they was complex, they started inside & ran to the outside. He also told me if they was no better in 2 mo I would have to have surgery. Anyone ever had this? Today I went to pcp doc. She has put me on zelnorm & stool softners. Sure hope this works! So far today it has, but I drank apple & prune juice last night, miralax, & stool softner today plus zelnorm. I was suposed to take it twice today, but only took it once & I've had 4bm's .I don't want to get it so loose it bothers my hemi's. Would anyone know if I get too loose could I take something? Just a soft BM makes me hurt sooo bad in my tail end I could scream & cry! I am using hydrocortisne supositorys & procto cream. I asked them to give me a sterrd but she refused. I don't know if  can makIe it 2 mo.

          Thanks,kyhurst

It seems to me that Zelnorm, Miralax and all the other stuff is a bit much to take. Wouldn't it be better to try just a couple at a time? That seems like it is going to send you in the opposite directions and that in itself will make things worse.

Imodium can be too strong to use if you are prone to constipation anyways (one pill can seriously constipate me, even when I have a lot of diarrhea and normally have normal stools--although I used to be mildly constipated a lot as a kid).

Anyways, I found that I could tolerate the Pepto Bismol pills; they didn't constipate me the way the Imodium did. The dosage is two pills, but you can take just one to see if that bulks up your stools or stops them when you're having too many. I usually took a dose and waited 30 minutes; if I wasn't completely better, I took another dose.

I think people on Zelnorm have mentioned before that they have a little diarrhea at first but, if it's going to work and not be too strong, they end up balancing out on it. So maybe you will get balanced too.

Hey, I had a wild thought. Oragel and Ambisol are made to numb your gums and teeth, right? And the skin around the anus is pretty tender, like gums. Do you think you could apply some of that to your outer hemmies and numb them up before you start your bathroom runs? Might could even insert some inside to help with the internal hemmies? I can't think of any reason why something you put in your mouth can't be put on your bottom, so long as it won't negate or interact with the other things you're taking.

Any particular reason why she refused you the steroid if it might make your pain less or hemmies smaller?

Ky, I have had good luck getting my intestines to settle down after putting too much bile through them by taking calcium supplements.  But if you're constipated, you should avoid those.  But if milk or other dairy products don't bother you, you might consider them; I got better after eating a yogurt everyday (it was the calcium, not the probiotics, because when I swtiched from yogurt to probiotics the diarrhea came back and when I switched off them to calcium the diarrhea stopped). 

Did your constipation start right after you had your gall bladder out?  I've heard that can happen because you suddenly aren't releasing bile with your food and it's not getting broken down to manageable (and soft) levels.  I have read online about bile salts for this problem--they are supposed to recreate the bile that you are missing.  I looked into them when I got constipated while on a diet after I got my gall bladder out, but I never took any, so I can't tell you anymore about them except that I think they're an old-fashioned remedy for constipation (not the new supplement-of-the-week). 

My constipation went away when I went off my diet.  My mother said that low fat makes for constipation, but apparently, without a gall bladder, my low fat diet worked even worse on me.  When I added fat back into my diet, I became regular again. Now I mostly have to look out for loose stools (too much bile in them).