What's the best diet if you suffer from a megacolon & surgery is'nt an option?
You don’t want a colostemy, & can’t get enough nutrients & calories from Ensure. (laxatives don’t work- documented).Enemas partially work,sometimes.Colon cleansing
won’t work due to no contraction/spams of colon.
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I add Benefiber to EVERYTHING!!! Water, Spaghetti Sauce, cereal, anything I eat or drink! It has completely changed my ‘problem’. I went 23 days without having a movement, I was taking Psyllium husks twice a day (do NOT even start these!) and still not moving! The docs were amazed that I hadn’t BUSTED.
They tried the MiraLax, nada, then I was doing wonderful enemas All the time, JOY!! Perfect if you want to live in a restroom! My colon was shot! I now eat Kashi ‘Go Lean’ with that DanActive or Activea Strawberry Yogurt and add Benefiber to everything. Between the GOOD ENZYMES in the yogurt and all the natural fiber, and lots of prayer, my colon is GREAT now. But, it was looking like surgery was right around the corner. Trust me on the fact that I know exactly what you mean about the ‘no contractions’ part. It wouldn’t move if you paid it. It just sat there, stretching out my colon, for days. I had to use the enemas while I built my system back up. The Kashi Go Lean has 10 grams of protein and 13 grams of fiber per cup just by itself! It is a wonderful whole food. Sorry to ramble!! You just hit one of my buttons! Good Luck and God Bless!
My friend has a megacolon and was prescribed miralax. She wouldn’t have a bowel movement sometimes up to 21 days. But she is better now and can eat anything she wants.