Trouble w/ BMs during IV Ceftriaxone

Maybe try taking more Magnesium and/or Vitamin C (and drink extra water)...

Anything helping yet, Usedtogarden?

One of the most gentle things to use in Milk of Magnesia.

I've eaten a ton of canned fruit & that has worked.

Larger amounts of magnesium works best now for me. I start off slowly raising the amount am & pm, until things start moving, then back down to find what level works best for me -as Razzle said though - be sure to drink extra water as the magnesium pulls water into the intestines.

Once the 'emergency' is over, be sure to take fiber, stay on a higher dose of magnesium or other means to keep things moving.

Oh good!! Not much makes me feel worse than not being able to 'go' for many days!!

You really need to use probiotics - I liked kefir the best as it has a lot more good strains of bacteria and healthy yeasts than you can get through pills.

If you choose to use the pills though, be sure that you get the ones that require refrigeration and have the highest number of good strains of bacteria - it's quite literally, the more - the merrier (your tummy will be!).

The yeast is due to the abx - they kill off the good bacteria in the mouth & gut along with the bad - but the bad yeast will grow much quicker and will be the one to replenish the mouth and gut if not held in check with a good probiotic. You will need to take at least 10,000 units a day - some people find that they need to take 50,000 a day.

You should avoid some foods as well. I like this article for making sense of it all: altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/candidadiet.htm

For anyone dealing with diverticulosis, please watch out for small seeds though. They can get caught in the small pockets and cause not only pain and inflammation, but have the potential to start an infection as well. Do you know if ground chia seeds will work too?

Magnesium draws water into the intestinal tract as well.