dear waves
i called the first doctor back and he returned my call. he said i should wait a few days for the miralax to work and it will work and if i wanted to try phillips milk of magnesium but the citrate of magnesium was strong and asked if i had ever used it before. i said no. he said if i wanted i could use it and it would really clear me out. he seemed pleased that i called for a colonscopy. that doctor still hasn't called me back.
I hope you are right about the diet. I still am on a quasi diet and eating only when i am hungry. tonite i think i am skipping supper. i had a bowl of oatmeal in the afternoon.
then on top of things i got a jury summons. i had sent in a letter from dr. m a few months ago when i first got a form which i guess they ignored and this time since it was a summons sent in a photocopy and said they had the original and had just seen my doctor and hope this would due. I am spinning.
love
bobby

Bobby

When I had this kind of problem. And had to do something. And went
to urgent care. I ended up having a xray or ultrasound, can't remember
which. That is when they figured out it was a blockage, and gave
me the liquid to clear it up.

I have had a couple of Colonoscopies also.

Donna

[I agree with waves, don't get a colonoscopy unless you are told by a specialist that you really need one. enema is much less hard on a body than the citrus solution. Waves is right, it will sit you on the potty for a long long time. Usually that is given before a colonscopy only. Try the milder stuff first Bobby, the good old self help remedies. You will be OK. ginnie

my primary doctor really wanted me to have one even before he knew i was constipated. I think nowadays most mds want them for prevention. it might be a fad.
bobby

I am glad he called you back.
Jeff got called for jury duty but he teaches which would be a hardship to replace so I think that he doesn't have to do jury duty. I got a letter from my pdoc some years ago so I got out of it somehow.
bizi

i didn't sleep all night worrying about jury duty and all the other stuff. I don't know whether or not to get another letter from Dr.M when i see him in almost four weeks or what. I wonder if they have the original copy. They also want a letterhead on the letter and he doesn't have one...I can't take stress and i get paranoid with stress. the thought of jury duty is so stressful. i might have my social worker write a letter. i was obsessing all night. then what happens if they find something with the colonoscopy. the woman who said she would pick me up isn't very sensitive. I guess it would be between me and God. I could call an agency that handpicks volunteers who i think goes to hospitals and picks you up. I think I might check on that. I wish i were brave. good for you for getting out of jury duty.
bobby

Dear Bobby,
The doctor has outlined some steps to take before you try the citrate of magnesium. That quantity of citrate of magnesium from the drug store is strong and likely much more powerful than you need.

For me, the pain has been in giving up control over my body. My body is in charge. I have to go a long with it. Every once in a while I mourn over a time when I believed that the I had some say so with my body.


M

boy did that hit home
bobby