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Posted 7/2/2015 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
I am on a low residue diet temporarily and i am constipated anyone else have this issue?
however, whenever i eat fiber i have a lot of bloating and cramping
any tips besides drinking a lot to get the crap out (no pun intended)?
cant do fleet or similar because it is very painful with the inflammation
thanks
im starting to get desperate
Posted 7/2/2015 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
low residue will cause you to not poop a lot because fiber is what makes up poop. it gives your gut a break from having foods end up in the colon. it's not real constipation in the sense that you have a bunch of food backed up.
Posted 7/2/2015 12:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hmmm that's odd Banana (hello by the way, how are you?)

I would have thought food kind of sits on the colon because there is not enough fiber to move it along?

Have you tried an over the counter?
Posted 7/2/2015 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
Nope but I'm apprehensive because if something with a small amount of fiber bothers me wouldn't a laxative of sorts be worse?
Thanks
And I might just have to deal with no poops at least it's not bloody mucousy Ds
Posted 7/2/2015 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
Fiber will bother you at first, you have to start slow and with a small amount daily, it's normal for the excessive gas and bloating because it's your system adjusting to it and this can happen to normal people as well but you have to stick with it and it varies from person to person how long it takes for it to subside but once it does (took me 3 months to adjust to fiber supplements years ago when I started them) then the excess bloating and gas goes away but if you stop eating fiber then reintroduce it again it will cause the same symptoms with excess gas and bloating.

Increase your water intake as well when you add more fiber into your diet or using supplements.
Posted 7/2/2015 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
How about a glass of old standby prune juice, a small glass? Good luck!
Posted 7/2/2015 6:20 PM (GMT 0)
dmc, food doesnt just sit in the colon without fiber. it moves along due to peristalsis. low residue foods don't make a lot of waste, hence low residue, so the colon doesnt have so much fiber in there to irritate the lining. when you think of low residue foods with no fiber like meat and eggs, they digest in the stomach and only a small amount ends up in the colon. when you eat high residue foods like spinach or an apple, all that fiber will end up in the colon since fiber is just poop.
Posted 7/2/2015 10:35 PM (GMT 0)
IMO it's the inflammation causing your constipation. A mesalamine enema always helped my constipation until it wasn't needed any more. I've been low-fiber for years but always took a generic Citrucel pill daily (took several pills daily years back). My gut dislikes most fiber pills but Citrucel is allowed.

I agree with the prune juice suggestion or even warm pear juice as a laxative. Both would cause IBS for me but BM's would happen (a lot).
Posted 7/3/2015 1:03 AM (GMT 0)
Lol I spoke to soon
I had five very painful cramp filled exhausting BMs
But hopefully that should keep the Cs at bay for awhile
I've been drinking tons of water to flush everything along
And hopefully that will help
( ice packs and hot packs for cramping pain can make Cs worse can they?)
Posted 7/3/2015 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
A small amount of magnesium supplement (I use 1/2 teaspoon Natural Calm) taken at bedtime usually helps things along for me by the time morning rolls around. Plus, it IS calming and helps me fall asleep, and we need magnesium anyway. I always get backed up at the end of a flare.

(Edited to correct dose)

Post Edited (geeker) : 7/6/2015 5:59:36 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 7/3/2015 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks I'll look into that
Especially cuz I can't sleep these days
And if this means my flare is almost over I will be so delighted
It's my first and I'm already scared I'm not gonna make it to remission
Posted 7/6/2015 11:58 AM (GMT 0)
OOPS! I wrote the wrong dose in my previous post! I take a half teaspoon, not half tablespoon. Sorry about that. Will go back and edit in case someone stops reading there. And, I started at a quarter teaspoon and worked my way up over a couple of days.
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