Am I typical?

When in the hopsital; I get colace to attempt to counteract the opiates. My last stay almost 2 years ago for a week [much better].

I have yet to find any definite 'triggers'; coffee seem to be one; I've gotten used to being without.

1] I really don't have a pattern of regularity

    a] near water, mush, soft, hard, near impacted without much rhyme that I can put together.

2] Would a possible cause be not being able to find an appropraite place / time to sit down over a long time [years] or otherwise not responding to nature calls?  These days, I try to respond to urges [I can sometimes tell, based on the urge, what the expected output will be]

3] gas isn't an issue for me; my wife wants me to take Tums

4] I take 600mg Ca, 200mg magnesium; along with a muti, C; bentyl andsome others from time to time.

5] anyone have a source for psyllium tha is cheap without sweetness?? 

pb4: your signature reminds me of what the 3rd graders would do with $100

Konsyl is a brand I've seen, but $15 for 75 doses seems too high to me; Wal-Mart's Equate has a 114 dose with 'no-sugar' for like $8; Sam's had someting but  hve to imagine that it wasn't popular [no sugar...]

Where I find my symptoms hard to deal with is an hour o so or strong urges and producing afew raisins or a couple of cents of tootsie rol; also not being satisfied after going.  I never did with urine; only feces.