So on Thursday, it will be 6 weeks since LIS and skin tag removal. I had posted about my need to switch from Miralax as over the past couple of weeks I have had very loose stools no matter how much I seemed to reduce my dosage. However, I didn't feel good about not having something else to take. So I took 1 tsp of Benefiber starting Sunday night and yesterday . Yesterday was kindof nice because I had two BMs that were soft and formed in the morning and then was actually able to go out to lunch and to a movie and not have to go again until I got home. But the two other BMs last night were soft, yet hard to get out. I was frustrated that I still had the frequency and the feeling that I am never really done with the bathroom! So now I had frequency, but firmer stools. This morning I had to go 3 different times. After the second one, there was a little bit of blood on the tp that I think is coming from an irritated area near the skin tag site. Freaked me out completely! It has been irritated pretty much all day and I have a lot of gas. So I am not really sure what my plan should be. I wonder what would happen if I took nothing- but I'm afraid not to have insurance. So I had gone down to 3/4 tsp of Miralax Friday and had 5 watery bowel movements on Saturday. Now I wonder if I just had a touch of something as my husband and grown daughter have since had similar things going on. Still, before that I would tend to have at least one watery BM a day and it would come on very suddenly.
Maybe I should be using Benefiber + a little Miralax? Am I remembering correctly that that has been a good combo for people?
This has really played with my emotions today and it is not a good week for that. My husband has his urology appointment Thursday.
Bambi