Hope not to offend by discussing this. LOL
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
Holiday, Florida
November 2, 2018 1:00pm CST
I just thought it a bit funny. A few weeks ago, my pain management doctor started me on Hydrocodone and another medication to keep me from getting constipated. He laughed and said if you don't take it with that you would just end up full of sh.. (you know) 
then I got a sinus infection soon after that and had to beg my primary for antibiotic . Not sure why it is so hard to get. Anyway, knowing that that tends to give diarrhea, I got the bright idea I would not need the anti constipation med and a good thing too because I still ended up with diarrhea 
When I told my primary about this and said "you know I just thought it would level out !" she broke up with laughter.
Again I know I have another infection but blood tests and urine samples came back that I am fine? 
Ever know something is worse and you know it's infection but doctor won't listen ? Hope you got a laugh out of my silly idea. 
then I got a sinus infection soon after that and had to beg my primary for antibiotic . Not sure why it is so hard to get. Anyway, knowing that that tends to give diarrhea, I got the bright idea I would not need the anti constipation med and a good thing too because I still ended up with diarrhea
When I told my primary about this and said "you know I just thought it would level out !" she broke up with laughter.
Again I know I have another infection but blood tests and urine samples came back that I am fine?
Ever know something is worse and you know it's infection but doctor won't listen ? Hope you got a laugh out of my silly idea. 19 people like this
17 responses
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Nov 18
it is a mess. doctors frustrating us on top of our bodies not deciding which way to "go" also. literally. my digestive system has me at my ropes end.
literally. my digestive system has me at my ropes end. 1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Nov 18
@much2say i don't know. haven't figured the problem yet. 2 things, i have never been able to remember whats fiber and whats not
and usually i just eat what my daughter gets time to fix and bring
and usually i just eat what my daughter gets time to fix and bring1 person likes this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Nov 18
@bunnybon7 I tell my dad that doctors don't know everything - the medical stuff isn't an exact science. And that makes finding the solution a bit difficult too. Meanwhile it's not easy for the patient to deal with the painful or odd things going on with their bodies. My dad is also frustrated with the wait times in between all the testing and appointments. Hope your tummy stuff gets better . . . does pumping up the fiber help any?
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Nov 18
yes patting myself on the back for that one1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Nov 18
@LadyDuck would have killed me. since the sitting up and the trip itself causes me lots of pain and stress these days
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
4 Nov 18
Hubby has been on a merry go round of infections for about six months now. I feel for you. Anytime they start him on antibiotics I give him good yogurt for the probiotics. I had problems for years with constipation after taking a lot of pain meds for foot surgery. You know what fixed it the best? Eating spinach. The pills, the laxatives, the stool softeners, lousy, did not work. Spinach works for me. I am sorry you have so much pain.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Nov 18
i love spinach. do you have a sprinkle of vinegar with yours? i forget sometimes that cabbage works for me. problem is, now i am the other way, so back to stopping it. seems a vicious circle now
problem is, now i am the other way, so back to stopping it. seems a vicious circle now
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
7 Nov 18
I add spinach to my smoothies to get the health benefits from it without having to actually eat it everyday. I do love spinach though but don't want to eat it every single day.
@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Nov 18
Be glad you didnt take the anti constipation medicine. You might still be cleaning the house 
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Nov 18
good thing i can still think although not much else. i would be living in worse conditions then ever as my daughter does not like cleaning even when she is off work much. 
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
6 Nov 18
You made me giggle, thanks i needed it.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
6 Nov 18
we always need a laugh. problem is we can't always manage it. glad i can once in a while 
i have been known to laugh to keep from crying
i have been known to laugh to keep from crying 
@porwest (112876)
• United States
4 Nov 18
Oh, some of those painkillers can be horribly hardening of the stool if you catch my drift. After my hernia surgery some years back I was given Percoset and it bound me up like nobody's business. I wound up taking a couple of ex-lax pills and drank a bottle of something else I can't think of the name of all of a sudden. It was the first time after the surgery I was able to get up out of the chair in less than five minutes, let me tell you.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Nov 18
yes that problem can certainly make you move faster then you feel like. pain or no
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
5 Nov 18
yup..the lovely side effects of pain meds.
at least you won't poop in your sleep if it knocks you out..
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Nov 18
that is why i hate them so much. i try not to take any unless i am having a really bad day. problem is with the diarrhea the antibiotic gave me , i very well could have done it in my sleep. just lucky it didn't happen. 
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
8 Nov 18
@bunnybon7 He terrible My great grandmother had that and her fingers were are bent up and her knuckles were huge. I felt so sad for her. She was in a wheelchair but I'm not sure how old she was when she was confined to it.
My great grandmother had that and her fingers were are bent up and her knuckles were huge. I felt so sad for her. She was in a wheelchair but I'm not sure how old she was when she was confined to it.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
8 Nov 18
@shaggin i should probably be using a wheelchair but can't afford one. i can barely shuffle with my walker but then i am 71 yrs now and other problems.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
7 Nov 18
it is for pain. they have me take it for the arthritis pain. i have rheumatoid
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
2 Nov 18
Lol, good thing you didn't take the anti constipation meds, you really would have been in deep you know what!
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Nov 18
so true at least i was smart enough for that.
at least i was smart enough for that.2 people like this
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
21 Dec 18
Haven't met too many in the medical field who do listen. You are the only one living in your body, so you know better than they do what is up!
Hope things get taken care of for you.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Nov 18
i was told that but once every year or sometimes 6 months for someone like myself that seems to pick up everything comeing and going at my age. they sure prescribe lots of other things for any of this.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Dec 18
yes we go round and round cause we can't seem to see eye to eye. i really miss some great doctors i had in the past
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
11 Jan 19
@bunnybon7
I would say that at least you had an idea. it is too bad you still got diarrhea.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Jan 19
well i don't have now but i have indigestion all the time one way or the other. i am in fear of having H-pylori again and that is dangerous. it's a stomach infection and bacteria spreads.
but my doctor seems clueless most of the time.
but my doctor seems clueless most of the time. 1 person likes this
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
13 Jan 19
@bunnybon7
That is not good that your doctor is clueless. I like my doctor very much. I hope you do not get it then.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
14 Jan 19
@bunnybon7
Can you get another doctor that may want to help you? That is not very professional a doctor like that.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Nov 18
yes pretty funny that wise decision. lol
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