After a weekend of Magnesium Citrate (2 bottles), herbal laxatives, stool softeners - the explosion came on Sunday. You guessed it, poo everywhere. I kind of expected it and was relieved that he finally got rid of it; I think it's been accumulating for a long time. I've been giving him 2 Imodium tabs/day for months and months. I probably caused this back-up. The Aricept gave him such horrible bowel incontinence that I resorted to the Imodium to control that. We've been off the Aricept for about 6 months now and I never thought to stop the Imodium because his doctor told me that he could take 2/day forever probably without any problems - WRONG! Anyway, he is now functioning much better without that additional 10 lbs of poo.
However, his labs came back and the back pain is probably the result of kidney problems. He had A CMP in October and all was fine; the one he had done last Thursday came back with kidney component scores very declined from October and his doctor is pretty alarmed. We repeated the kidney component tests today and if they remain low then a CT Scan will be ordered of his kidneys and GI tract. He's had the lowest level kidney disease for years - his doc told me that is normal for his age. It looks like it's decided to pick up the pace now. I'm not sure how they treat kidney disease other than dialysis when it gets too bad. I'll keep you all posted.
That was some back-up and may go down in this site's history. Don't be surprised if your postings are referred to again and again. You and Divvi are the bowel experts.
oh lovely. bowel expert.! hahah. and at xmas time. mary75 you have some faith in us. mothert i think you may get that well deserved 'crown' via fedex for xmas.:)
Divvi, also "legal expert". Do you think you could fit that all on a shingle to hang on your door? Maybe: The Divine Divvi Legal Expert Bowel Expert Hours Sun-Sat. 12:01 a.m. to 11:58 p.m. Graduate from the School of Experience (That gives you 3 mins. to go to the bathroom.)
I second that motion! Divvi has been able to answer many of my unending questions. Every day a new something crops up. Just when I think I've got it all figured out - hmmmm, no, guess not! So, now, I just try to get through day by day and have had to forego my usual 10-year look-ahead, just not gonna happen. Also, I particularly like "The Divine Divvi" - I think we should take a vote on it
haha! yall are such a hoot. mary75 that shingle will have to be my epitaph friend. :) i want out of this business just like all the rest of you friends!
nothing divine about being a poop queen. but like we say here if our experiences, terrible as they may be, or good help someone else then so be it. how else would we learn from our collective knowledge.!
miss 'Bama', o my -your crimson tide done well friend! that last game was a true nail biter. looking forward to them in miami and taking that as well!!!
This afternoon I felt I deserved 3rd runnerup for poop queen. The underwear, the jeans, the legs, of course, the wall, floor and toilet paper roller. All this with a stream of pee running across the floor. All this 15 minutes after I had cleaned the whole bathroom. Great fun. After I got him in and out of the shower I attacked the mess with a laugh thinking af all of you who have "been there, done that"
Merry Christmas MaryinPA.....just joking...so sorry so many of you have to contend with these problems. At least you sound like you can make fun of the problem. Hope it is a one time problem and doesn't have a repeat anytime soon. Hugggssss.
Seriously, shingle and poop in the same sentence. In this family that means '_ _ _ _ on a shingle' Nooooo. Divine Divvi much better. The other too close to the truth. (and doesn't mean chipped beef on toast, here)
grendelsma, I had to chuckle at your '_ _ _ _ on a shingle' comment. Claude was an Army cook for 14 years, and in the Army that was a staple. In our family it was called "SOS" and made out of hamburger. We had different work schedules so he often times had supper fixed when I got home. It was a favorite of the kids.
She was in first grade and someone asked what she had for supper the night before. She told them "SOS". They asked what that was and she told them- "_ on a shingle". She was immediately taken to the office and had her mouth washed out with soap!
She laughs about it now but at the time she was really upset that she was punished for just saying what she had for supper!!!