Consulting doctor on best way to void?

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There's a lot to be said about how you poop and how often you poop. But what tips have you received from your doctor?

 

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The recommended diet for stomach paralysis, (gastroparesis) is low residue, including Ensure, Boost, baby food, yogurt, and custard, just the opposite of the diet which physicians recommend for everybody else, such as the Mediterranean diet. In order to deal with the colon blockages that this diet always causes, I take a stool softener with every low-residue meal, and bisacodyl laxatives and suppositories, and saline enemas.

Gastroparesis can be painful, although I have been spared that symptom. However, it does make me vomit, sometimes in my sleep, which can cause asphyxiation, which is scary. I need to wear protection at all times because I cannot know when I will have an accident, and the combination of diet, medication and enemas is not as effective as the real thing when all body parts are working properly.