I have just joined this forum. I have had a colostomy for 2+ years and have found an answer to my constipation problem using prunes and prune juice and wonder if others have had this experience and its problems. Despite 30g + fibre daily, my stoma needed additional encouragement. Laxido stopped being effective after about 6 months and Laxulose was a disaster. An early morning prune regime was discovered by trial and error but my bowel always likes the upper hand and, after 4-5 months of success, it suddenly changed timescale and decided that 2 a.m. was a good time to 'work'. Battling to get it back on course at present. Neither the consultant team or stoma nurses have been of any help whatsoever other than telling me that 'bowels are tricky things', so hoping that there may be others who have had first-hand experience.
Hi and welcome to the Community but sorry to see you joining us.
The Community is divided into support groups (discussion rooms) so can I suggest you consider joining our supportive Ileostomy, colostomy and stoma support group. This is a safe place to talk to others with a similar experiences, to ask questions and get and give support.
If you'd like to connect in with a group click on the Green (Bold) link(s) I have created above. Once the group page opens click on the black banner that says [click to join] at the bottom, or the [Join] button under "Group tools."
You can then introduce yourself by putting up a ‘new post’ by clicking in the box near the top right with + New or + (Depending on the device you are using) and you are ready to go. You could copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
All the best.
