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Question:
I'm not sure what kind of back pain you have, but a friend of mine who
was very constipated used to have sciatica (back pain plus pain down
the leg). It was always bad but worse when she lay in bed and her
doctor told her it was caused by the large amounts of impacted food in
her gut pressing on her sciatic nerve in her lower spine.
She
controls this now by eating a large bowl of All-Bran with a tablespoon
of oat bran for breakfast and eats a piece of fruit with every meal,
eats lots of vegetables and wholemeal bread and drinks 6 pints of
water (in addition to her normal drinks) every day.
I don't know if this regime will help you - I've seen posts from
people on this group who find that nothing seems to help. Might be
worth trying, though.
Answer:
I was so uncomfortable with constipation I was on a permanent laxative (from
the doc) and waiting for a repair op for a cystocele and rectocele caused (I
was certain) by staring ineffectually over a very long period. I also had
severe and recurrent pain in the coccyx caused by the pressure, and this
could be your lower back pain you have my sympathy it was agonising and
undignified.
The good news is that on thyroxine (150 mg over nearly two
years now) all that is a thing of the past, I don't need the repair - I was
diagnosed hypo whilst waiting and it explained so many things especially the
constipation. I believe I had been ill for a very long time.
So practically
every bit of me was deficient in something, and every symptom I had has
improved or disappeared. It seems even your muscles give up on you when
badly hypo. I can't see why you're not on thyroxine. Why not have another
word with your doc?
FWIW, I have suffered constipation for most of my life. It didn't improve at all
while 3 years on Synthroid. It did however, improve significantly when I
switched to Armour thyroid. I am sure everyone responds differently but I am
convinced that the T3 had a lot to do with the improvment.
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