1 month out. A few eating issues and the dreaded C word.

Hey all,

Things are going well for me lately.  1 month out, in the transition from puree to soft foods.    I feel pretty great lately.   Went to the Auto show yesterday and walked for 5 hours without too much problem. (And I forgot my fitbit at home, dammit). The surgery is turning out to be everything I hoped for. 

Except..

I've had a few episodes on puree with the feeling of food not going down.  Each time was with different food, and in each case, I was eating slowly, and chewed well.   Once was soft moist meat, another with moist mashed potatoes.  Today was a very soft stew and didn't even finish my small portion.   Can't figure it out.   Today I just sat and waited over and hour as the rock in my chest slowly eased out.  I had to sip some water after an hour and suddenly it was a huge burpfest as I started to feel better.   Anyone have any ideas on this?  

And I've been fighting constipation for about 1 and 1/2 weeks.  I've been drinking at least 2l of water, which isn't easy.  (I feel like growing a fast colony of water bottles as they're are like 5 in each room all over the house).  I'm still taking a stool softener, and I've added a bit of metamucil to a number of meals, but it's still a problem.  I've read online about benefibre but I can't find seem to find it.  Any ideas where to find it?  Anything I can do to help things ..along?

Thanks for reading :)

-Mike

My centre has recommended Milk of Magnesium for my "solid" poo!

Isn't MOM really hard on your system? I have it but I was holding off until I was really in trouble.

Personally I eat Bran Buds about 1/4 cup a day. You can add them to yogurt or cottage cheese and it keeps things moving for me.

I bought the Benefibre sugar-free singles that mixed with water just like a crystal light. I just bought them at Shopper's.

I get that painful chest feeling if I eat to quickly or don't chew something well enough. Sounds like you are doing well. Keep up the good work.

All the best,  Muriel

 

Well, I went out today and bought some bran buds. Everyone was recommending them so I figured it was a my best shot. I've also had the same meal as before tonight and ate slower and had no issues. :)

Michael sounds like you are doing great try using Senokot-S twice a day and see if that helps. 

I am feeling pretty good :). How is your recovery coming along?

Not to bad biggest issue is sleeping.

I got Benefibre at Shoppers Drugmart.  I add it to my beneprotein, crystal light and water.  Great stuff.  I also would like to second the Milk of Magnesia.  MOM is the way.

I've got a friend getting me a bunch of benefiber, since it appears all the shoppers here dont stock it anymore. Oh, I know MOM works :),, just want to try something a little gentler at first.