Hi all,
I'm new to the board but have been reading here for a few years, and have learned a lot. I try to watch my diet carefully (usually). I thought I was a relatively lucky IBS-A without too many problems, just very frequent BMs, though they tended to be small and pebbly. Recently I've been much more on the C side, with less frequency and even smaller stools. I was off dairy totally for about a year, but thought I'd give it a try a couple of weeks ago to increase my protein, and thought I was doing OK with it until I started having pain and nearly stopped passing anything at all. I stopped the milk right away at that point, but since then I've had pain in one spot, and have been feeling bloated, and like I needed to go all the time. Went to the doc today, who saw on x-rays that I had "quite a bit of stool" in there. She suggested magnesium citrate, which I normally take anyway (carefully because in the past it has caused D), but I'm wondering if this will be enough to clean out what must be kind of a stool roadblock in there. (Just had 400 mg of Mg.) Has anybody dealt with an impaction before? The doc said I should go to the ER this weekend if the pain gets worse, but I'd sure like to have a way to resolve this without medical intervention. The pain isn't so bad at the moment. I think I remember that Heather says to keep eating soluble fiber foods, even when you're backed up, to keep the gastrocolic reflex happening, but I haven't felt like eating much. Had a little oatmeal and squash today, plus some toast and applesauce earlier before I realized how bad I was getting.
Any suggestions from anybody? I know that the prevailing wisdom is to avoid "colon cleanses" but I wonder if in this instance it might be a good idea.
Thanks for your help!
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Newbie Needs Help--Impaction?
