help, my Mom can't poop - not trying to gross anyone out

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In a message dated 6/21/2005 6:52:50 PM Central Daylight Time,

writes:

 

help, my Mom can't poop!

 

 

 

In my home health nursing days I use to instruct my patients to " train their

bowels " :

Every morning about the same time, drink a cup of hot coffee (or tea) &

eat stewed prunes or apricots & then go & sit on the pot & read or

contemplate the universe. Do this routinely, also may want to try a few stewed

prunes

or apricots as a snack a couple of times a day & /or at bedtime. This helps

to regulate & to establish a routine. Hope this helps, oh & of course lots of

water, no water/liquids in the diet the stool stays longer in the tract &

the body absorbs whatever moisture is in the stool which in turn hardens it,

then~~~~

 

God Bless You & Yours,

Georgia (hahagranny)

~~~Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments

that take our breath away~~~

~~~A friend hears the song in my heart & sings it to me when my memory

fails~~~

 

 

 

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my grandmother used to make Prune Kolaches and I'd eat like 5 or 6 of them and

not even realize that I was taking what my Dr. said the " Gold " Standard for

fiber is...

 

 

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hahagranny

In a message dated 6/21/2005 6:52:50 PM Central Daylight Time,

writes:

 

help, my Mom can't poop!

 

 

 

In my home health nursing days I use to instruct my patients to " train their

bowels " :

Every morning about the same time, drink a cup of hot coffee (or tea) &

eat stewed prunes or apricots & then go & sit on the pot & read or

contemplate the universe. Do this routinely, also may want to try a few stewed

prunes

or apricots as a snack a couple of times a day & /or at bedtime. This helps

to regulate & to establish a routine. Hope this helps, oh & of course lots of

water, no water/liquids in the diet the stool stays longer in the tract &

the body absorbs whatever moisture is in the stool which in turn hardens it,

then~~~~

 

God Bless You & Yours,

Georgia (hahagranny)

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Thanks to everyone who posted on

this.

Mom has returned to regular again, thank

goodness.

 

Interestingly, nobody picked up on

the actual question, which was:

" What is the extreme range of normal

for an 89 year old? "

Like, when should we take her for medical

intervention??

 

All the other stuff, water, fiber, etc,

we knew and had applied.

 

Anyway, after a week of no activity we

gave Mom an enema, which had the

desired results, and resumed he

Rainforest goodies along with prune juice.

 

She is back to daily, sigh of relief!

I hope the trip back home to Holland won't mess

her up too much, but at least she will be

near her own doctor and my sister will be on

alert.

 

One more day here and we are off to take her

to the airport in Vancouver.

I am looking forward to my normal quota of computer

time again!

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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Healing Body, Mind and Planet

with Wild Whole Foods

http://wildhealing.net

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Hi Ien,

 

Everybody should poop every day - at any age - young or old or in

between. Sometimes a person gets backed up (at any age this too can

happen), and of course we shouldn't all run to the doc just cause we've

skipped a day pooping - but if it goes several days, or this is a

chronic thing, something needs to be done about it - cause - everyone

should poop every day.

 

Actually we're SUPPOSED to poop after each meal we eat, but a " fluffy

floating poop " at least once a day is the proper way for the bowels to

be working.

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Ieneke van Houten

 

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Interestingly, nobody picked up on

the actual question, which was:

" What is the extreme range of normal

for an 89 year old? "

Like, when should we take her for medical

intervention??

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Chris,

I love you to death. I have never quite heard a bowel movement described with

such finesse before. Priceless.......*grin*

Evelyn

www.alternasense.com<http://www.alternasense.com/>

 

Actually we're SUPPOSED to poop after each meal we eat, but a " fluffy

floating poop " at least once a day is the proper way for the bowels to

be working.

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com<http://www.alittleolfactory.com/>