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takecare
October 15, 2012 - 9:43am
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Wintersun
Hi - sorry to hear of your concerns.
One thing your comment has reinforced for me was decades of working with little access to decent toilets and lack of opportunity to answer the call of nature at the time it occurred. Even tonight my daughter mentioned there are only two toilets for forty staff and they are close to workers so there is an element of embarrassment.
I remember having difficulties since primary school when children teased others about their toileting habits and then to go on to the work force - having to use less than adequate facilities - and working in conditions where it wasn't possible to respond to the urge. I am sure this all has a lot to do with the problems society has in terms of bowel and intestinal health and in particular for women with prolapse.
Anyway - moving on - in your situation - if it was me ...
I would make sure I added many leafy greens - a spinach salad, lots of veggies etc with a good oil drizzled over it with lunch. These make an enormous difference to regularity.
Also - an apple seems to help, and oranges. If you could include those I think they are easy to have with you and will benefit greatly.
Another great thing which will make you go is making pots of vegetable soup - put every veggie you have in it and keep it on the go ... seriously it works. Take a thermos to work and have that with a spinach salad.
Most importantly - walking. Every day if possible. That made a huge difference for me. It would be nice if you felt that urge on waking soom after breakfast. I found a great cereal that is perfect for me (after trying many) so now I am finally, after decades, developing a good bowel routine of sorts - albeit changes here and there.
I think we can get very bogged down with supplements, water, fibre, splinting, what works, what doesn't.
But it does take some time for habits to have really good consequences ...
There is that panic of what will work, what if it gets stuck, etc - and I have had it many times. I still do - now and then. But I am making sure that I include the things that over time do work. I can't have too much fibre - for me, that was when things got really bad. You want that intestinal passage to do some really good work and assist you with evacuating waste - it shouldn't be this hard but we all suffer. I also wonder about trying too many different things at once, can be confusing to know which works - but the food options definitely work for me and can only do good for your health.
But holding back when you get the urge starts to confuse the signals and body responses. If only we could all work from home and respond immediately.
Best of luck.
Surviving60
October 17, 2012 - 9:37am
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Hi Wintersun, lots of good
Hi Wintersun, lots of good suggestions from Takecare. There are many circumstances throughout our lives that make it difficult to go when we have the urge. I think this is why lots of moms (including mine) try to train their kids to move their bowels before they leave for school.....not because they believe that toileting should be all that regimented, but because they know what the world out there is like! I agree that this situation is to blame for lots of the world's ills. Hope that you can find a workable routine! - surviving