My 83 yr old mother is obsessing over needing to have a bowel movement and I have had her to her seen by her present doctor and the one before this one. Both agree she has IBS but she says the doctors don't know anything and she may die if she doesn't have a bowel movement NOW! The doc said she doesn't have any serious symptoms to put her through testing
We get the reports back from the neurologist next week if and what stage dementia/Alzheimer's. In the mean time due to not remembering to take her meds for high blood pressure, weakness in her legs, not eating properly, getting lost when driving and more she is living with me in an home addition made for her. Daily she fusses about needing a bowel movement because she is sick. She was told growing up to to have a daily bowel movement . She has been seen by her doctor who says she has no serious symptoms. Back home she tells me she is sick, needs to have movement and the dr doesn't know anything. She threatens she will die!
In fact a healthy person should have more than one bowel movement per day.
Have u tried heating prune juice in themicrowave? Trust me ur mothewill not worry about another bm. When u make her breakfeast, just heat some prune juiice, and telll her it;s part of her breakfeast. and it wiill be a done deal. SD
Thanks all for the many suggestions!
I feel good to know others have been in this boat and understand........
My take on it is that it was an adjustment for Mom to learn to take a BM in her diapers. I get it; it would be hard for me too!
One of the overlooked reasons for constipation is dehydration.
Miralax draws fluid to the intestine. Once my mother started a daily dose of this every morning and increased fluids to at least 5 - 6 glasses of water, juice etc things have improved immensely.
Plus walking - at least 5-10 minutes twice a day.