hi all
i was wondering if anyone has any tips on getting rid of constipation,its about 2 weeks since i last had a bm.the last couple of days i have taken 8 sachets of movicol each day,an ortisan cube,all to no effect.i am so uncomfortable,i am still taking morphine for the pain in my throat at night,i take 40 mgs so i know its that whats causing it.any tips would be most welcome.thanks from a very uncomfortable shirl xxx

You could try glycerine supossitories, but I would ring your district nurse and ask if she can give you an enema. Then I strongly advise you ring your local council to warn them what to expect.

lol angie

Yeah get the enema - at least it works and you can start to feel like a human being again. That morphine is terrible for causing constipation.
To cheer you up - consider this - I am a teacher and when I had it I sent for the nurse who turned out to be the mother of one of my pupils who not too long previously I had seen at a parent/ teachers meeting. Talk about embarassed! But boy did I need it!
Tony

I got off the morphine as soon as I could .Three hours of straining to pass walnuts - the tears of pain! The discomfort of my neck and throat was easier to bear!!

tony k

I had co-danthramer capsules (that could be a dodgy spelling,it was a while ago) and they worked quite well. Constipation was a pain in the ass though . Hagg.

What a bummer
Try all of the above.
I'm not sure if you are taking anything orally but as I'm still on a good dose of morphine a day but am able at drink if I take care I make a banana smoothie everyday.
2 x bananas, small tub of greek yoghurt, 1/2 pint of coconut milk, 1/2 pint of soya milk, tblsp of honey, 2 tbsp of wheatgerm, 1 tbsp of soaked linseed (flaxseed)1 tsp of pollen.
The wheatgerm and linseed seem to fix the problem the morphine causes, the pollen is good for building up immunity and the other stuff helps with the intake of calcium and fruit, plus it's good for weight gain.
SusieR

My main problem with the morphine was that I didn't care I was constipated . .

I am so amazed you guys are getting the morphine. That is one thing here that I have a problem with, pain medication. Their idea of pain medication is Darvocet, or richocet. Both are way to mild to take even dent this pain.

Yep... i did 25 days without going... i tryed lactolose, movicol, blah blah blah... Good ol' morphine!!
When i finally went - i actually think i turned my bum hole inside out
I was crying on the phone to my mum cuz it was stuck! She said when she worked in a nursing home they'd often have to 'assist' the old folk there, and if it wasn't resolved in the next half hour she was coming round!!! Yep... that got things moving! But my poor botty's never been the same since!!

What a bummer
Try all of the above.
I'm not sure if you are taking anything orally but as I'm still on a good dose of morphine a day but am able at drink if I take care I make a banana smoothie everyday.
2 x bananas, small tub of greek yoghurt, 1/2 pint of coconut milk, 1/2 pint of soya milk, tblsp of honey, 2 tbsp of wheatgerm, 1 tbsp of soaked linseed (flaxseed)1 tsp of pollen.
The wheatgerm and linseed seem to fix the problem the morphine causes, the pollen is good for building up immunity and the other stuff helps with the intake of calcium and fruit, plus it's good for weight gain.

Hi SUSIE R,

It's one hell of a suppository!! I wish I had used it when I had dreadful constipation using morphine. In the end I stopped the morphine and suffered the pain.

cheers tony k

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What a bummer

Hi Tony,
You'd be surprised at the things I've tried. Then again perhaps you wouldn't. Ha ha.
I went off the morphine for a while, couldn't function either brain or botty wise. (yep Chelle, remeber the reversed bum hole feeling very well )
The thing is the grafted tendon in my neck has got so tight now it's pure hell. Was able to meditate through it before and stay off the morphine but I cant now. There is a lump of muscle stuck to my collar bone too. No amount of exercises or any thing else stopped it from forming. Good news is I've an appointment the begining of May and hope to have an op soon after to release it.
In the meantime I'll keep going with my smoothies, they work for me!! (Er, forgot to say. Man the mainsails, can expect wind from a southerly direction!!)
Susie x

Susie, Which end did you put it down/up?

*roflmao @ Ange*can you imagine squirting all that up your bum???!!!

Mmmmmmmmm