I'm 54 and every relative on both sides of my family has taken the liberty to tell me that I'm full of s%*t since I was a small child. Queen of constipation here
. My mother took me to several docs as a child...solutions offered ranged from drinking warm prune juice 3 X a day to being forced to sit on the toilet for long periods of time and "it" would just naturally happen. SURPRISE...it's MINE and I'm keeping it! After a couple of years of eating high fiber foods, drinking massive amounts of water, and using up several box of crayons and coloring books used to entertain me during my lengthy and non-productive toilet times, docs concluded that going once every 7-10 days was "normal" for me. This caused me no discomfort whatsoever UNTIL menopause! I haven't resorted to "excavating" as some of you have had to
but I found myself using far too many harsh laxatives. I now drink a Yogi brand tea called Smooth Move and it actually WORKS! I can't stand the bloating from constipation anymore and I'm thinking that constipation adds to some urinary incontinence issues I've been having lately.
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