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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 3,728
    edited November 2015

    I was badly blocked a month ago actually 8 pounds worth of fecal , fluid and air . Very uncomfortable. Stool softener, one lacitive ( can't remember ,for females), and smooth move tea. I went for 2 days. And it was solid stuff. I still have to drink smooth move tea a couple times a week. And they put me on a gluten, dairy, and fried food free diet. I am eating softer stuff now like crock pops stuff, or soups. Much better now. Good luck. Not fun at all

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    Chevy, I've heard there are cookbooks for picky kids who won't eat veggies and fruits. Tells how to sneak them in without the kid knowing. Make a pan of brownies, put some prunes in. Pumpkin pie? Pumpkin works both ways. Snow creme? Extra fluid.

    Try online or big bookstore.

    Or get him some sugar free candy. Be SURE to read the label, if it says excessive consumption may have a laxative effect you have the right stuff. One or two pieces of that should do it. Think it's mannitol.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Sassy- I think Mommy has a birthday too. Maybe this weekend?

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  • Simplicity
    Simplicity Member Posts: 747
    edited November 2015

    Happy birthday Queenie!!! And an early one to you two ladies Spookie & Kathindc!

    Just lurking, reading and popping in to say hope everyone has a good night :)

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited November 2015

    Excellent idea Spookie. And yes - I googled Sneaking Fiber into Kids Food and lots of links. DD used to have constipation problems. She got raisins, carrots and I'd sneak Wheat Germ onto her peanut butter and jelly sammies for lunch. She ate most vegies/fruits freely and still does. Of course a 1st grader is easier than a fully willed husband. DH does not choose to eat them but will when I serve them. I know you can sneak vegies easily into spaghetti sauce, well pureed ones that is. I would assume meat loaf is the same. Cheese is pretty common for older people not to eat (you can tell I've been on the constipation thread) - not sure why. I do think lactose intolerance to some degree increases with age. I truly don't remember the last milk I freely drank. Now cooking with it that's a different matter and don't get between me and my ice cream lol.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Name that movie! Yes, we talked about it here once I am pretty sure. I know at least one of you knows all about this.

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  • Smaarty
    Smaarty Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2015

    somewhere in time

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  • Smaarty
    Smaarty Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2015

    ooohhh! Are we playing a new game? That would make a good thread

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Smarty- we could! I just saw that pic on FB and remember we talked about it here. Name that tune, name that movie, whatever?


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  • Cubbie2015
    Cubbie2015 Member Posts: 875
    edited November 2015

    Happy birthday, Queenie!

    Loverly, somebody put a lot of work into those Garfield cake pops. That hummingbird is gorgeous - I've never seen one like that before, we must not have them here.

    Chevy, sounds like it's a good place, even if it isn't fancy. I found the sense of community among the residents and staff to be more important than how elaborate the building was.

    Goats, you're ambitious, having indoor/outdoor houseplants. I have one plant that I have kept outside off and on, but mostly have kept indoors the last few years. The ant infestation is exactly why I don't do that much anymore.

    Spooky, one of my coworkers had a trick for getting her teenaged daughter to eat vegetables - she pureed them and added them into other things without telling her. Spaghetti sauce was a good one for hiding a lot of pureed veggies. I imagine a lot of other dishes with a tomato sauce would work as well.

    And the sugar free candy - I heard the funniest story from a guy on another board about those candies. He bought a bag of gummy bears for a road trip. He was meeting a client who was looking at buying an office building. He ate a bunch of the gummy bears on the drive, and didn't realize he bought the sugar free kind. When he got to his destination, he needed to use the bathroom - many times, while trying to show the client around. I can't tell the story as well as he did, it was hilarious.

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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 3,728
    edited November 2015

    imageNight night all. My puppy is comfy already

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  • Smaarty
    Smaarty Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2015

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/31/topics/836705?page=1#post_4552929

    I started it. Go see if you like it.


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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited November 2015

    Smaarty, love it and posted!

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    Smarrty, great idea on the movie thread..............Send your son our best for success and a speedy recovery.

    Chevy, good job. If he doesn't do what he's supposed to, and the worst case scenario happens, he can't say he didn't know.

    To all talking about the chemical in the candy, it's sorbitol. I did a thing on it in the constipation thread pg24. My approach was on fruits that naturally make sorbitol in the digestion process in the gut. I linked to wiki where a description could be found to manmade products.

    Susie, your baby is so cute :)

    Loverly happy that Mitsy is making progress, love pics of her. Keep the stories coming.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited November 2015

    Hi lovely ladies. Long day. Tire and brain dead. Tinnitus in full force today too, Ms. Sas.

    Goats, will let you know how the olive leaf tea taste. Don't know much about it. Need to do some research. One of our neighbors moved away about three years ago because they lost their home. I miss seeing their elderly father working on their beautiful front yard. Family migrated here from Afghanistan. Very hospitable and kind people. A year before they moved, the father's health was rapidly declining....cancer had spreaded to his lungs :(

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015

    LilGoats! Is that from "Somewhere in Time?" I LOVED that movie...! I still have a tape of it! THAT and The Bridges of Madison County !

    And yes, I have frequented the Constipation thread also, thanks to DH.... and YES.... Husbands are the stubbornest creatures on this earth! They acquire this trait, where they don't have to listen to a single soul ever again, when it comes to eating, drinking, and anything else that is good for them. And only when "things" get out of hand, will they mention there is possibly a problem. Ha!

    Oh DRATS! Smarty just SAID it! I thought I was the only one old enough to remember! I don't exactly remember what the story-line was, just that it made me cry, and was beautiful.... Same with Bridges of Madison County.... Right now I'm more into Magic Mike...

    Cubbie... she is going back Monday.... It was FINE, before all this happened... but I will be happily amazed if after one week she is doing okay.

    Assisted Living is perfect for people who can get around on their own... Dress themselves, Bathroom care, and joining in on the little events they have going.... And it would be easier to come back from that train hitting her if she was maybe 20 years younger... You are right... about the smaller place being involved with everyone! Her room-mate will miss her a lot....

    They don't just let you lay in bed, wasting away! They get you up and you are INCLUDED in everything, and physical therapy 3 times a day.

    Loverly, our new neighbors are GREAT! But I never see them anymore... DH talked to them a couple days ago, and he is really impressed by them! Born in 1964... So younger than our Daughter's. He saw him leave yesterday morning... "All dressed up in a business suit and everything! Must be someone pretty important."..... Ha!

    It's a little different than the card-carrying official weed smoker and supplier that we had there before. Loved his Great Dane though! Guys used to park in back of our garage, waiting for him to come out so they could make their purchase! Sitting there smoking whatever! So finally I printed up a couple signs and taped them on the garage.... Ha!

    NO SMOKIN' AND TOKIN' GOIN' ON HERE..... just kidding.... Mine were a little less harsh..... like YOUR CAR WILL BE TOWED AWAY IN 10 MINUTES..... SCRAM! (you high-flyin' little druggie-head!) Nah.... but I WANTED to say that.

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    Beg to differ, its malitol that will do it. Read the labels.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Smarty- good job starting the movie thread. You already have traction! I have a couple in mind but need to find the pics.....

    Chevy- put down the bong.......

    Have a good day ladies!

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited November 2015

    So is a bong one of those glass things that has several holes in it? Like the one that fell out of my little Daughter's purse one time? Along with a baggie of seeds in it?

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited November 2015

    Sorbitol is listed in drug references as a laxative. Kids who chew too much sugarless gum can get diarrhea from it. A good pedi will ask about this. I would think over time their digestive system gets used to the effect. Maybe they get constipated if they stop? Never had that problem with DD. I detest gum, has always made my teeth hurt. I allowed it only for a couple of days after braces tightening. In fact her dentist would write for a pass for gum chewing. That is a trick I wished I'd known myself.

    Hmm Chevy maybe DH would like to take up gum chewing? But gum chewing does cause gas from swallowing more air.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    I know it's listed as a drug(s), I know man has invented more drugs, but they were developed AFTER figuring out how all the natural digestion of fruits worked. The basic chemical structure and then using chemicals to make copies. That's why on the C thread I stuck to foods. Wiki takes it through the whole description of what man has invented. Man has invented other things that mimic sorbitol. I've pretty well been suspicious of manmade chemicals all my life. I'll use what god gave us, in it's purest form when possible. All of it's on the C thread.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    I've asked seachain to join us, she's an old friend here, that's back here.

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    CHIT!!!!

    Can I pleeeeeze catch a break?????

    Last night my PDM died. That's what runs my insulin pods. I lost everything. I:c ratio, basal rates, correction rates, meter, everything. Calls Insulet, they will overnight a new one, be here tomorrow.

    This has never happened to me. I had to get a cheap meter, called my LPN SIL before he left work, he swiped some insulin syringes. Shot some fast acting for breakfast, was a bit high at 140. PCP called in 70/30, 18u X 2. Won't be enough, I'll increase if necessary.

    I'm totally afraid of going to high and getting DKA. Don't want to see ER. Can deal with lows.

    With Kris, DH ca back, this, I think I'll go to bed and hide.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited November 2015

    Aw jeez!!! I was just thinking about you and were going to ask you how Kris is doing. So sorry your PD stop working. Actually, 140 pre-meal is not bad. It's going to be ok. Try not to stress too much(I know easier said than done). I'm sure you are aware that stress can cause BG to go up. Big hug to you. BBL

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited November 2015

    spookie, chit,

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

    Spookie- sorry for all the problems. Hugs sister.

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  • Zillsnot4me
    Zillsnot4me Member Posts: 2,687
    edited November 2015

    scary stuff spookie.

    Happy bday to all

    Olive leaf tea. Never heard of it. Olive leaf capsules are good for keeping lungs clear. What does it taste like? Forgot to get half and half. Earl grey not the same without it.

    Miralax is clear. Spike a drink. Make cookies and add chopped prunes. Did that one time by mistake. Was supposed to be date cookies. Oops. Magnesium supplement at night? I sneak veggies into all things with sauce. Google black bean brownies. Not bad. My dd loves the tricolor macaroni. It's got extra fibre. She's a cheese aholic and needs help. Very stubborn too.

    Off to find Medicare answers. StIV drug bill outrageous!

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited November 2015

    no, 140 isn't bad, but I'm usually 90 something in am. I like what body parts I have left and want to keep them, so I stay fairly tight.

    Kris is back to normal. Took him 3 days to recover, he must have run on hot pavement, all paws had blisters.

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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited November 2015

    Spookie- (((hugs))) your Guardian Angel is taking good care of you! I mean Kris got returned a little worse for wear. You caught the pump failure and have a plan. DH is still up in the air, but your track record this week is excellent! Unload here as needed. Of course hiding and napping are good too.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited November 2015

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