There does not seem to be a reason for being this constipated.

Hi, Well at least I know that I am not alone in my misery. I can almost copy and paste some one else’s post verbatim to describe my problem.

“I'm new and just created an account so I could hopefully gain some help and understanding as my bowel problems have spiraled out of control.” Same here ........ as long as I can remember I have had constipation problems. I remember seeing a Dr a few years ago with this complaint she may have told me I have IBS and did a colonoscopy, said use more fiber. Things were better for a while, I had two major surgeries and that did not help things being on pain killers for weeks just about shuts the bowels down all together. Then there is travel, don’t even think about having a bowel movement while traveling. Oh then I had to have some kind of surgery on my rectum because of constant, constipation tearing my rectum apart making tons of scar tissue.... bad news, so I had to have surgery, to help me crap better. It helped for a little while, but then it was back to trying to pass concrete. I have also been in the ER several times because of agonizing abdominal pain only to be told it was gas. Of course that was gas from backed up bowels. After the surgeries, things got worse and now they are to the point I cannot ever go to the bathroom. I have lost 28lbs in the past year but I wear the same size trousers or larger because my gut is always so bloated. Now I know that it is not all hard impacted stools but still they will not pass. Now I can hardly ever have a bowel movement at all. Currently it feels like my gut is ful of water. When I do go, it is watery but I cannot empty my bowels, just a little bit if I can go at all. I can have a can of soup and be bloated to the point of pain.

MY LIFE IS RULED BY THIS CRAP and I can't take it any more.
I cannot go unless I take a lot of laxatives or an enema. On a rare occasion, a suppository will do the trick. None of them will empty my bowels completely. After 45 years of this, I have had it. Are there any procedures to remove a large portion or the colon? When I was at the Dr’s the other day he kept making an insensitive remark, “well maybe you just have a long loopy colon” like his joking about it was going to bring me relief. I would like to punch him in his %%#^%#& Face. If the colon being to long makes stools too hard to pass then wouldn’t it be easier if one had most of the dam colon removed. I read there was a procedure to remove the whole colon but that does not seem right, then you would always have the runs. Has any one had any luck with a surgical remedy for constant constipation?

Or could it have anything to do with hormones? I have gone thru menopause in the last three years could that have anything to do with why it has gotten so bad? I used to have monthly cycles where my colon would stop functioning for PMS.
I can’t even venture a guess at the size of my waist but I will say it is huge and no gas is passing and I did not have that much to eat, soup, some chips, jello and a little pudding.

Any one have any suggestions? I can’t take this much longer.