TMI: I haven't "gone" in a week, please help!

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01/14/2010 10:12

Subject: TMI: I haven't "gone" in a week, please help!

Anonymous

OP Here:

Well, I talked to my OB again this morning and he said that since the Colace didn't work, we have no choice but to move into laxative/suppository territory. He said Colace won't work if all the new pooh is being blocked by old pooh that has essentially dried out and stopped me up. He said that'll just make me uncomfortable. He actually took this very seriously and is quite concerned, but said there are a few things I can do at home so I can avoid actually going to the hospital to be emptied. He said:

1.) Stop the Colace immediately because it will do nothing to the old pooh and it will make me extremely uncomfortable because it makes the new pooh soft and it WANTS to come out but is being blocked by the old pooh which is acting like a "cork" and stopping me up. This can actually get so bad that the pooh can build up to your stomach and guess what -- you can barf it out. I almost cried when he said that.

2.) The bottom line is that the old pooh needs to come out NOW. I need to loosen and lubricate the old stuff, which is probably dry as a rock and been sitting there for two weeks. He said to make sure NO ONE else is in the bathroom when I go, which doesn't help since I'm at work! Forcing it out dry can cause bleeding or fissures that would send me to an ER. If I went into the ER he said they would make me drink magnesium citrate to turn all new pooh into liquid. It builds up pressure and can help force the old stuff out, but I still need to soften, if not liquify, the old stuff. He said I can expect to spend half the day in the bathroom if I haven't gone in 10+ days.

3.) I must loosen the dry hard stuff that is acting as a cork before anything else. Yes that means a suppository or enema (sometimes 2-3 at a time are needed, and he actually told me to insert two at first). If I do get things moving then I can plan on "going" at least five to seven times a day for the next three days. I can plan on having some pretty severe cramping during the time I empty out. I can't wait!

4.) He said that my peristalsis (waves of the intestines that move your food and waste out) has stopped and when it gets going it will hurt -- bad. He said, "Just don't force it to the point of straining." He said that walking is the best thing I can do to relieve that discomfort. He said to try magnesium citrate liquid or Dulcolax pills. This takes care of the new stool and will liquify all but the hard cork (which apparently can be a foot long or so). He said to get enemas or suppositories for that part. He said that if I take Dulcolax pills then I do not also need to take the suppositories but that the glycerin suppositories will be better for me and will work much faster.

Basically, he ok'd laxatives because he said that this is absolutely an emergency and it's what they'd do in the hospital anyway, regardless of whether or not I was pregnant. He said at 8 weeks it's not a problem and that's it's more of a concern in the third trimester with constant use, not occasional use.

So I went to CVS and bought like $25 worth of all this stuff. I just took two of the Sennoside tablets that should work in 6-12 hours, and I will take a suppository around lunch time and then lock myself in the bathroom at work. God help anyone who follows me in there. I should just lock the door and put a sign on it that reads, "Occupado. Trust me."

He also said not to bother with dietary modifications to get rid of the old pooh, but to start eating more fiber and fruit to keep newer pooh soft. He said to monitor and make sure I am going at least once day. If I don't, and am eating daily, then try to Colace again, but after 10 days you have to break out the big guns.