I'm a 50-year-old male in good health. Previously treated for diverticulitis -- a single incident. Symptom-free for four years. My last colonoscopy was a year ago; nothing anomolous was evident, except for a single, small polyp that was removed through the scope; path report was benign.
My question: My body's normal rhythm, until about a month ago, was to clear the bowel once or twice a day with normal, soft, formed stool output. For about a month, the daily output is mostly liquid with seemingly little actual stool production, none of it formed. My GI prescribed Miralax daily (the standard dosage), which I've used daily since 2002 with good results; I routinely use high-fiber cereal, eat a high-fiber diet generally, and drink about 60 oz. of water daily. I have no abdominal pain and no symptoms of bloating such as I've experienced in the past when constipation was definitely present. A perhaps irrational fear that I have is that constipation may actually be currently present and that the water drawn into the colon by the osmotic Miralax is merely finding its way around static stool production. Your comments on this set of symptoms will be most appreciated. Thank you.