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[purpleunic]

hello everyone thankyou for the replyies to my last post. Today i am in tears i went to the er at fortsanders last night because i am having trouble withmy bowels not wanting to move again i got there around 530 or 6 oclock pm i sat in the waiting room from then until around 1100 pm the only thing that they had done while i was still in the lobby was draw blood so i finally get in to aroom to lie down on aroud 12 i give them a urine sample from then 2 hrs later i get a ct done of my stomach area thats it i start waiting for the doctor to come and tellmethe results of allmy test NO DOC SHOWS UP (sorry for caps) next thing i know a nurse comes in to give mean enima imlike woa wait whats going on where is the doc he hasnt talk to me about what is going on oh he is the only doc working the er so he is spread alittle thin u can wait tillhe talks to u imlike take out this iv and walked out to late but what should i hve done

[DancingEyes63 Moderator Caregiver]

I am so sorry you had to go through all of that. The problem and then the awful experience at the ER. Unfortunately that's about normal for where I am. But sometimes you have no choice. Did it say anything on your discharge papers about what the tests showed or do you have access to something like MyChart that gives you your test results? Have you been having issues with constipation again regularly or an isolated event? If it's still been an issue I'd think ask the Dr what else you can do if what your taking isn't working. Jimmy hated all the different meds he took every day for constipation but he hated having to get an enema more. He was on lactulose , miralax, a stool softener , Movantik which is for constipation caused by pain killers every day . Then an additional laxative as needed. As long as he followed the regimen he was good but if he didn't take any of them , he was constipated really quick . Plus since he has Hepatic Encephalopathy as well, not pooping could cause him to have an episode where he was confused, slurring words , etc because of the toxins built up in his brain since his liver wasn't good at filtering them pooping was the way to keep them from building up. Even though he was on Xifaxian for the HE, it didn't work very well if he was constipated and couldn't get those toxins out. If you still haven't had a bowel movement, I think I'd call the Dr or go back to ER depending on if you know the results of the tests. Again I'm so sorry. I know how painful that is. ♥️♥️♥️Sharon ❤️

[purpleunic Patient in reply to DancingEyes63]

nodischarge papers i walked out and yes it is often with the conspitation