Posted 4/16/2013 12:42 PM (GMT 0)
I've been on enemas for a week, using one at night. hard to tell if they're making any difference. I stopped using for a bit because I went on different type of enemas for a while and then for the first few days of my pred taper, I didn't use them. I'm on 30mg pred right now and 4800mg asacol. I'm thinking about stopping the cortifoam since it's just too little for my problem. I'm using enemas at night but the problem is I can't stay asleep all night! Prednisone makes me get up and have bowel movements. A symptom for some but something I'm experiencing only on prednisone. It's royally effed up my schedule for daily life and pooping! So I'm thinking, maybe once I'm emptied out in the morning, I'll wait a little bit and then use the enemas during the day? I won't be laying down for 8 hours everyday lol but at least I'll be able to retain for longer than 1-2 hours I hope. Prednisone makes me sleep very lightly so any gas makes me wake up and feels like I have to urgently go.
btw, the spinach and sunflower seed diet is something i'm trying out. I didn't have spinach on sunday but I had it last night and my body had to re adjust digesting spinach. I was waking up and pooping stool stained with green flakes! I didn't know one day of not eating spinach and going back to would be so hard.