CONSTIPATION--problem with so many of our drugs

AK - thanks for sharing your story. Glad that you found something that works - large dose of Mag. I didn't have such serious 'back ups', but that worked for me too.

Interesting - I'm mostly vegetarian too. If I eat two slices of bread (any kind), I gain two pound - but it's also enough bulk that I have happy poops.

I am just now joining this thread. This is a problem I have never in my life had and it is quite frustrating. Many years ago I had my gallbladder removed. So my issue has been the exact opposite of constipation. This is....well.....ugh....I am at a loss. A daily prune has worked for months but doesn't seem to be enough. I added a prune. Still not enough. Time to try other things.

Treatment for breast cancer is the gift that keeps on giving isn't it?

MinusTwo... Thank you. I may try the magnesium (i think it helps with sleep too) once I get closer to finishing the bottle of miralax. I haven't been able to eat salad since I had radiation. I was eating a giant salad every day when I was undergoing radiation. Well radiation did a number on what tasted good and what didn't (even though it was only to my breast and lymph nodes). Even the thought of a salad turns my stomach now. I struggle to eat even most raw veggies. In order to get veggies now I make veggie soup and eat it every day. Hopefully one day I will be able to eat at least raw veggies, if not salad.

The miralax and smooth move tea worked initially but I am not convinced I am in the clear. I didn't take miralax today, but did drink the smooth move tea. I should have taken miralax too (i will tomorrow). I am also going to increase the number of prunes I eat.

MinusTwo..thanks. This journey isn't over yet. You'd think being on 1500mg magnesium citrate daily and i'd be regular. I've not had to use a fleets enema in a week, YEAH! But still not yet having normal poo...moose pellets and hard or lightly loose. Can't find normal yet. I've been told I need to eat daily salads...That seems to help when I have salad material....just normal veggies don't do it. I'm still taking 250mg colase daily and 50mg Sennekot daily!! Sheeez.This aromasin is rough stuff but better than Femara for me. No more N/V. so that is good. I'm going to add the Smooth Move tea...I've been downing a cup of prunes every couple days.

I am now 6 weeks out from my last Kadcyla, started with the HORRIBLE constipation (which lead to a fissure and terrible hemorrhoids as well) during TCHP. Of course most folks getting perjata get horrible diarrhea, but I had to be different. The constipation has continued. I use loads of colace and mag citrate and dulcolax daily, and miralax mostly only on weekends, but sometimes multiple times a day. I eat a generally high-fiber vegetarian diet, lots of homemade yoghurt (no sugar) and kefir. Drinking prune juice and eating dried prunes and apricots.... and still need glycerin suppositories. Even those sometimes don't work! This week had two days doubled up in pain with bloating. At what point do we say this is not just a side-effect, and sign up for a colonoscopy? I am not even sure if I could get myself cleaned out enough for one!

Zills & Yeslama: Thanks for your thoughtful posts. I too find it hard to drink water - but for me it doesn't depend on the season. I just don't like water. Sigh.

As I said earlier this month "I recently switched from Magnesium Oxide to Magnesium Citrate". My immediate reaction was that I had less constipation with the Oxide - but now 2 weeks in, I can't make that definitive statement. Jury still out.

Zillsnot4me...Did you dr give you any guidelines on which probiotic was better/what to look for in one? Did the one you linked keep giving you "too good results" or did things stabilize?

Zillsnot4me..Thank you!

Thanks for the recommend Stacey. Always good to hear about things that are working.

ZillsMeNot - thanks for the report. I'm going to add Chia to my arsenal.