I have reduced the M Eslong in an attempt to get the constipation under control. I am taking 45mg twice a day. I was taking 60mg. I am finding some relief, albeit, very slowly with the constipation. I am playing around with the combination of fiber 3 times a day, lactulose 3 Tbsp, 2 x 240 mg stool softener, 2 Tbsp of the FruitLax. I find that I am so filled with fiber and water I don’t have much appetite.
It’s also becoming more difficult to manage the back pain on the reduced dosage of morphine. I am now in pain pretty much all the time. It’s very frustrating. I think that I will not be able to continue with the decrease. I had hoped that the increase was a temporary measure while surgical pain healed but this is not surgical pain. And it’s very easy to make it worse.
The last surgery was Oct 17 and I feel that the surgical pain should be over and done with. Right now I am dealing with pain from the secondary scoliosis.
I see a surgeon on Friday about the impacted bowel and hopefully he will have something positive to tell me. I do not feel that this a surgical issue.
