by buttgirl » 14 Nov 2007, 10:43
When I first got this thing, I used to take 2Tablespoons of Milk of Magnesia per night. that kept thing super super soft for me and also kept me on a daily schedule--I was an everyday/every other day bmer. After the abscess surgery, I became a 2X a day bmer, for some reason I cant figure out.
Now that I am mostly healed, I take 3 Tablespoons of Mineral oil each night. It is an emolient laxative--a fat that can't be absorbed by the intestines, so it just mixes with the stool. Your dr can also prescribe something called lactulose, which is sugar based but, like splenda, can't be absorbed by the intestines.