Constipation

[doodab]

This one is a proper bastard, rock hard and the size of a housebrick. Ruined my day it has.

[mudskipper]

Fybogel?

Real ale?

A ruby?

[suityou01]

Microcrystalline enema. £2 from pharmacist. The <ahem> nuclear option.

[mudskipper]

Nice tagging. Beat me to it.

[BrilloPad]

LOts of water. A long brisk walk.

Make sure you take bog roll just in case.....

[doodab]

Fybogel?

Real ale?

A ruby?

I have movicol which will hopefully soften it a bit, and a prescription thing called sodium docusate that's supposed to stop this from happening. I've had 3 movicol so far...

Bloody being ill is a pain in the arse. Literally.

[greenlake]

This one is a proper bastard, rock hard and the size of a housebrick. Ruined my day it has.

[doodab]

Microcrystalline enema. £2 from pharmacist. The <ahem> nuclear option.

The trouble with enemas is they don't really soften it. I had a couple in the hospital and they make you go but it can be hell. On one of them I ended up having to break bits off with my fingers to get it out. It was half hour of screaming, i thought i would need stiches afterwards.

[mudskipper]

I have movicol which will hopefully soften it a bit, and a prescription thing called sodium docusate that's supposed to stop this from happening. I've had 3 movicol so far...

Bloody being ill is a pain in the arse. Literally.

Don't overdo it - you could end up with the other extreme.

Warm bath can help too.

[doodab]

Don't overdo it - you could end up with the other extreme.

Warm bath can help too.

Thats sort of how it works I think, the watery stuff slowly erodes the rock hard lump.

I can't bathe sadly due to the tubes, I have to shower wrapped in bits of clingfilm instead. Might try a hot water bottle though.