How can I resist the urge..???

[LIZARD]

...to lock myself away in my room for the day--or even for good!--now that I have all I need?? :D We had our Verizon cable hooked up last night, and now I have my cable, my bed, and my laptop! :D What else could I possibly need??!! :D

It's especially tempting after the day we had Monday with Drew. He'll indefinitely need to eat fiber substances at least a couple times a day, due to his horrendous diet. Well, I have found that he adores the new All-Bran crackers. He'll ask for them at least twice a day. Awesome, right?? One problem (possibly two). With so much fiber, you must drink water. He gave me such a fit when I insisted he have the water first--screaming and slamming his door. Sigh...:( The other thing, incidentally, is the price of the things. They're something like $5/box!! :eek: I figure it's worth it if he'll eat them, but there has to be cooperation, too.

So...I can stay here for the next 20-40 years...right??!! :D


LIZARD, lovin' the peace and quiet!! :)

[Isabelle]

well, what my teacher used to say for every action there is a reaction...if he gets constipated :D he would listen to you, right? :D

[LIZARD]

It's actually frightening how long he can tolerate it. This all started last year when he didn't go for over a week. :( Then we ended up doing enemas and Metamucil and God knows what else. I'm just really relieved there's finally something he asks to have! There may be hope for him yet...:rolleyes:


LIZARD, in my comfy new "office" :D

[Braindrain]

...to lock myself away in my room for the day--or even for good!--now that I have all I need?? :D We had our Verizon cable hooked up last night, and now I have my cable, my bed, and my laptop! :D What else could I possibly need??!! :D

Umm...a microwave and a small refrigerator???;) :p :D

[mrsjerome]

Liz,
What kind of crackers are these? My son has constipation problems
He is on that stool softener Docusate sodium 100 mg. 2 tabs twice a day, also Glycolax Powder. When needed he is given a Anusol Suppository because of the hemorrhoids he has. My son is non-verbal but he can & does use gestures or signs for his needs. When he gets bad enough he will tap his thighs (this means he needs to go to the bathroom) and run from one bathroom to the other. The group home he is in attributes his constipation problems to the meds he takes and also probably due to the low carb diet he is on. I am thinking these crackers might work for him if there is alot of fiber in them. I would buy several boxes to take out there for them to try with him. Can you purchase them in a regular grocery store or do you get them at a health food store?
I know what you mean when you would like seclusion. My husband with his health problems makes me think that too. Years ago there was a commercial for Calgon bath oil (I don't know if you remember it) but it would always say
"Calgon take me away"
Mrs J

[LIZARD]

Hey, Mrs. J. :)

My groc store carries, 'em, and yours probably does, too. They're All-Bran.

http://www2.kelloggs.com/brand/brand.aspx?brand=122&cat=snacks We also buy the bars, and I alternate them with the crackers.

Wow...I feel so bad for the poor kid. How old is he? I think these will help, and they really are good! I eat 'em, too. :) I especially like 'em with LF cheese, but cheese is binding, so be careful with that, since he appears to have severe constipation. ;) (Yeah...I remember the Calgon ads. It'd take a lot more than Calgon to take me away! :rolleyes: )

Good luck!

LIZARD :)

[LIZARD]

Umm...a microwave and a small refrigerator???;) :p :D

A bathroom, too. :o


LIZARD :)

[mrsjerome]

Thanks for the info and the link. Next time I 'm in the grocery store will look for these products. My son is 43 years old already and has had these problems for many years. That's why I would think he has the hemorrhoid problem today. He was always a junk food eater still is if he sees it around.
I will try this also on my husband. He's always complaining of constipation along with his other problems. I thought I would have it easier in retirement but has not happened. Sometimes I would just like to take a couple swigs of Jack Daniels to boot. Hope things get better for you. Take it a day at a time
Sometimes it is easier said than done. Wishing you well anyway.
mrs J

[Kristen (ColeysMom)]

Can you put a salty spread on them to make him thirsty? maybe peanut butter????

We have had our share of constipation issues here as well...with Coley's diet restrictions there are so many meds he can't have...would you believe benefiber (flavorless) works like a charm! He needs only 1/4 of a teaspoon (at his 32 pounds for it to work) and it can be added to anything (pudding, yogurt, peanut butter, ice cream, milk, juice, water...you get the gist....and it adds literally NO flavor color or texture!!! It's basically cellulose, and the doctor says it's the most harmless & gentle thing we could use...there's a first! And the fluid issue is not such a problem.

Also, stumbled onto this by accident...due to Coley's diet restrictions, turns out he is pretty deficient in magnesium...which is a natural smooth muscle relaxer...

He takes just the RDA (which is generally not included at correct levels in multivitamins) now and we haven't had to use the benefiber in over a year!

As a HUGE tangent, we've also seen some other nice side effects from the magnesium as well...better focus, less hyperactivity, better sleep...just an overall more relaxed kid...

I've started taking it as well, since I'm virtually on his diet, and I can attest to the better state of mind as well!

Hope that helps!

[Isabelle]

Oh,yes, Mrs. J, I agree with the staff of your son's group home, meds do cause or aggravate gastrointestinal problems in addition to a poor diet, it's a bad mix. What are they suggesting?

Now that he is under my control he has from normal to soft stools, which makes me think that he has a food sensitivity....but to what? I don't know. He is on a lot of fruits/vegetables/meats/yogurts,no more KFC his favorite snack. Is he sensitive to fruits? It could be I am very sensitive to some foods myself.

Kristen,I heard of that benefiber and I was planning to introduce it to his smoothies to see if we can get his stools to be firmer. He is on 600mg of Magnesium among many other vitamins I put him back on.

[LIZARD]

Can you put a salty spread on them to make him thirsty? maybe peanut butter????

We have had our share of constipation issues here as well...with Coley's diet restrictions there are so many meds he can't have...would you believe benefiber (flavorless)

Hey, Kristen. :)

We tried all sorts of things before this, including the tasteless, odorless powder lax...he wouldn't have anything to do with it. I tried sneaking it into things, and nothing worked.

I find the crackers make me thirsty, and I don't know why he doesn't need water right away, but...he's him. :o As for putting anything on the crackers, no dice there, either. He refuses to eat most things with mixed tastes or textures.


LIZARD :)

[Isabelle]

He doesn't have a favorite drink/s?

[Sinha]

Studies reveal from the time of Adam and Eve constipation has been with us. To put constipation down to some linkage or symptom of brain gut disorder is not only far fetched but also perhaps a manifestation of the state of mind of people distressed by having a child with an autism spectrum disorder.

Conspiracy theories abund about what causes and does not cause various disorders arise typically from failure of authorities with a moral or legal obligation to dsiclose the full facts about a situation. People, especially those affected by a situation become acute observers. More acute than a disinterested person or someone with a passing interest ins an interested affcted parent, typically the mother.

Out of this situation of incomplete disclosure comes the 'missing pieces' usually found by inquisitive affected parents. I am a aprt of a group of interested people who have been following the various 'tall claims' on various forums of G-Therapy and god knows what other therapies and theories about brain damage and autism the web can throw at us. Their zeal akin to the evangelical Christian 'born again' missionary's zeal to pump theories out without any concrete irrefutable evidence is based on faith. A belief in something for which there is no proof. And there are enough takers there who are both poor of spirit, knowledge and heart. I don't blame them but cannot understand them either in an age of information.

Constipation in children with any disorder can often be traced to the deprivation of certain foods in the belief that these are the root cause of their disorders and substitution with the so called healthy diets. Autsitic children are particularly vulnerable for the fact there appears to be a pattern of them either not wanting to eat or being selective in their eating or simply eating to gluttony. But if you observe normal people as well you will be hard pressed to find any different except the sample in normal people is so large as to produce any distortion of the sample or esult you may desire.

Many parents spend unnecessarily on 'high fibre' foods manufactured under very lax standards in the west today or from outsourced places where these standards are self regulated. There is a massive industry in this sector for the demand it has created and the effective use of the net to widen its appeal with rumours alone.

The end result is the same as what we have noticed in Victoria , New South Wales and New Zealand. Most so called organic foods charged at between 3 to 7 times the cost of their equivalent without the branding or label have as little firbre content or has other additives to create a fibre like effect which eventually constricts the the areas where the gut is required to function to make the bowel discharge. It also has the effect of restricting the lower intestines from secreting or lubricating the passage. It is reported that at least 70% of the so called organic foods sold in these states are organic by a very poor definition and no different to non organic products.

The reason this industry thrives is because of the massive demand for 'alternatives' by label conscious parents. Food companies like drug or herbals manufacturers (therapeutic) have a sway on government and regulators and don't fool yourself otherwise.

The other con is with vitamins and supplements. These are given to children who do not need it and there is evidence which is irrefutable that prolonged ingestion of manufactured vitamins, that being vitamins and supplements not from natural sources such as a balanced diet, interferes with the digestive system seriosly resulting in this so called 'constipation' syndrome. It further erodes the body's capacity to digest food and its benefits from prolonged abuse of the use of vitamins and supplements. Remember most of these are today manufacturede, manufactured abroad for cost savings purposes and mass marketed in places where the industry (alternative health) is not or cannot be regulated.

G-Therapy was brought to our attention by a consumer in Australia some two years ago. We understand the BBC and channel 4 took footage from this particular practitioner under cover and the results are from what little I have seen (the footage is yet to be shown publicly) is shocking. There is an absence of probity, there is evasion to direct questions and where a response provided it has been less than accurate. There were grandiose claims of G-Therapy being presented to prestigous universities in the west which were found to be untrue and the claims used as a marketing tool.

We continue to see parents from all over the world flocking to G-Therapy and have evaluated the respones of many on website forums. There is a clear pattern from the repsonse of believers that indicate a willingness to almost manufacture and volunteer results and subsconsciously afabricate events and results to brindge the gaps in this therapy's claims. Is that bad? in a way yes. As to the parents role, it is understandable a phenomenon and to udnerstand it one has merely to go to the Evangelical crusades and 'healing' meetings of Beni Hinn and his ilk in the US. It is phenomenon commonly referred to as hysteria, where auto suggestion is placed into a vulnerable and often very emotive mind already expecting and willing to hear what the prompter has to say.

The practitioner at G-Therapy as you will soon see in a documentary by an independent production house in the UK hopefully soon tobe screened is a soft spoken and charming individual who peppers his discussions with his claims of contributions to charitable causes such as 'free treatment' of his therapies to some of his own patients. There has been a move to bring this Therapy and its claims out into the open for some time. He has evaded any attempt for a proper scrutiny of his claims so far. But to be fair to him some of the inquiries have been initiated by disgruntled users of his therapies who have had no results that could be attributed to him and his treatment and one particular gruop from the US is still pursuing their cause against him with further investigation. For if there is what he claims to be irrefutable proof of cures of 'brain injury' to the extent he has claimed it is worth invetsigating.

Yes reputable qualified medical practitioners have vouched for his competence and credited his cures. or have they? or have they been quoted out of context? is it possible to purchase compliments from professionals such as doctors? well???

Today it is not difficult to find doctors in the west who also reverse engineer their results and claim victories of all sorts. When asked to be put to the test G-tehrapy has more often than not found a way out of an honourable and open examination of its claims for reasons which are laughable.

This is India. You can buy the limb and liver of a normal person who is poor, uneducated and vulnerable. It is also here that Doctors and scientists together with politicians and the media allow this to happen. The quest for parts is at an all time high.

If an Indian industrialist can pay Sterling 76 million for his sons wedding, he can easily throw 7 million to politicians, the police, doctors and other professionals to kidnap your child, remove his liver or kidney, eyes or heart for a richer person. You will have no say nor will you receive any help from your embassies in Delhi. You are not important enough.

You are eventually responsible for what you do to your child. If you find it hard to endure the pain, don't have children. If you cannot bear the responsibility at least in the west you have orphanages, homes and people who inspite of all their other faults will care for these children. Your son or daughter gets taken away from you in a place like India for their body parts, the responsibility is yours. If ou believe it to be a highly exaggerated claim do your own research. Ther eis neither morality nor accountability amongst Indian practitioners. Wait till the Patel Dr. Death case gets aired in Australia to know what I am talking about.

YOUR CHILD WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. HE OR SHE WILL LOOK AT YOU UNABLE TO SAY WHAT THEY WANTED YOU TO DO. YOU WOULD HAVE FAILED THEM MISERABLY. FAILED BECAUSE THEY DEPEND ON YOU AND NOT SOME MERCENARY AFTER A FEW US DOLLARS.

I beg you all to consider and to be careful of the claims of G-Therapy. If G-Therapy is able to come out west and be scrutinised by a higher standard, you will at least have the protection of an open media, the courts and some indemnity insurance to give you some comfort if it gets bad. Not in India. I moved away a long time ago. I love the place but not at the expense of my children.

[LIZARD]

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Umm...whatthehell is all this?? I wrote that my son has chronic constipation. That's all. I have not put him on any diet. If I did, I would fail miserably because I can count the things he'll eat on both my hands. Unless it's meat or deep fried, he shows no interest in it at all. That is why I have him on a fiber regimen. I am not playing any games or falling for some stupid alleged cure-all. I am a parent desperate to make sure my son doesn't die from a perforated bowel!! As far as I'm concerned, the rest of this is complete drivel. :mad:


LIZARD :rolleyes:

[LIZARD]

He doesn't have a favorite drink/s?

He does, but he needs water with the fiber, and if he drinks it, he can then have juice or soda. :)


LIZARD :)

[peglem]

:confused: :confused: :confused:

Umm...whatthehell is all this?? I wrote that my son has chronic constipation. That's all. I have not put him on any diet. If I did, I would fail miserably because I can count the things he'll eat on both my hands. Unless it's meat or deep fried, he shows no interest in it at all. That is why I have him on a fiber regimen. I am not playing any games or falling for some stupid alleged cure-all. I am a parent desperate to make sure my son doesn't die from a perforated bowel!! As far as I'm concerned, the rest of this is complete drivel. :mad:


LIZARD :rolleyes:

Yeah, i had trouble making sense out of all that- were we just called hysterical parents who imagine all sorts of symptoms because we are so desperate? Dunno, but, you should try imagining that Drew has wonderful, frequent BMs:D *poof* it shall be so!

[Isabelle]

Welcome, Sinha!
Are you warning us about a new treatment that's coming from India? The G-therapy? What is it? Or, frighten us into hiding our children? You sound a bit too scary.

[Mother's Heart]

so.......Sinha. Do you have a personal story to share here?