[COLOR="Navy"]Deb and Deb,

I have something that you can try. Miralax. It is now sold OTC. It was a script. I take it because of the heavy narcotic meds that I take bc of my back issues. You stir it in juice or water or whatever...it has no taste or mouth feel and I can guarantee that in three days you will be (excuse me), poo-ing on a regular basis and it won't be hard and our dear elderly won't be straining. What more can you ask for? Ok, so it does cause a little gas...and I do remember my aunt Clara who couldn't hear any more walking across the kitchen floor tooting as she walked, thinking that no could hear her, carrying on her conversation...she was slightly deaf so she couldn't hear herself. OBviously she couldn't smell either! Oh dear LOL.....

Anyway... Miralax is great. My DIL uses it for our grandson when he has issues so that's how gentle it is.. You can get it at Target, Walmart. The best deal is at Costco, BJ, Sams... It is well worth trying. It does take a few days for it to work, but it is worth it. And it is an every day deal. I take my pills with it every morning without fail. It has made my life manageable, and that is a blessing. This may be the solution to your problems...

I feel so good for having an answer... :) when you said delicate I thought it was going to be about....you know...the other topic......(ssssshhhhhh sexxxx)

You need to go on the pain management board. We talk about this all the time because we all suffer from it on a on going basis...

Thanks, ibake...

I read your post a couple of hours ago and was headed to Target for dog food for daddy's dog, and picked up a thingy of the Miralax. I stirred it into daddy's juice and he drank it right down. As far as gas, who cares? If he will just poop about 17 times a day, maybe he will feel better about his bowels. Heh.

Today is a weird day. Really weird. Can any of you relate to this...?

Remember, yesterday, daddy accused me of torturing him because I showered him and got him cleaned up. He went to bed at 1pm, and stayed there till this morning. OK - here's the weird part - HE WOKE UP THIS MORNING LIKE THE GUY OF A YEAR AGO! Now, his mental state is still all demented, as he has dementia, but he dressed HIMSELF appropriately, shaved HIMSELF, ate cereal and juice and applesauce for breakfast, 2 slices of pizza and chocolate cake and ice cream for lunch, is walking all over the place (shuffling, actually, but motating!)...what is up with this? One day, I am thinking Hospice is the way to go, and the next, he is begging for the shed keys so he can work outside. (He ain't gettin' the keys. I'll never find them again, and he is not gonna work outside...no matter what.)

Is this typical? I can't keep up. I swear. This damned disease is not just horrible and cruel and ugly, it's also confusing.

Thanks again, ibake. I will be giving daddy miralax daily...

...deb