The gastric surgeon who performed my recent op told me to eat plenty of pears. After years of problems due to one if the meds I take, that solved it! Nothing else had helped whether food or drug wise.
I take lactulose. It came with my medication so I don't actually know which one causes constipation/trapped wind. I stopped taking all my meds for a few days and just continued with the lactulose and that did the trick.
I was whacking back gallons of Lactulose before they actually diagnosed a massive tumour in my colon. Didn't help much.Sigmoid cancer of the colon doesn't get better with Lactulose but a heavy dose of homemade Chicken Phall certainly clears the drains. Lol.
Not that I am suggesting you have something more sinister of course.
Good Luck.It aint fun is it?
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//I used to like those chocolate laxatives, when I was a child. Can you still buy them?//
That reminds me of an episode when I was a young teenage Police Cadet. There was a Scots lad called Angus Ghillies who always wanted to mooch cigarettes off us in the dormitory at night.
One night he lit up a fag in bed and I asked him if he could spare one. I often gave him one of my Players No6. He refused so I got a pack of Ex-Lax out my locker and rustled the silver wrapping very loudly. He was in the bed opposite me and it was lights out .
"Wha yoose got there ma friend?"asked the fat piggy Angus.
I replied, "Just a load of expensive Swiss chocolate that was sent to me from relations abroad"
"Gis us a bit and I'll give ye a smoke." he said.
I threw the whole pack ( unwrapped) across to his bed and felt a cigarette landing on my top blanket in return.
He chomped into the 'Swiss Chocolate' and I enjoyed my smoke.
The next day there was about 300 cadets on the parade square lined up in house order ready for inspection by the Commandant.
I had the greatest satisfaction in watching Piggy Ghillies breaking ranks and diving for the nearest ablutions. He later became a Police Officer in the CID and was arrested for rape in a East End Division.
I was happy to oblige his greed with Ex-Lax.
the one time I had it, I sent an emissary to the chemist. He said no medicine would work quickly (which is what I needed) but I should drink lots of fluid. That worked in a couple of hours.
He obviously hadn't tried those sugar-free mints I mentioned. I bought a pack at a local newsagent's store and consumed the lot straight away. It was a 5-minute walk home but I didn't make it without 'experiencing an accident' ;-)