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I am going into my 5th year of having bowel or stomach problems,my stool is oatmeal consistence or watery,no formed bm's I have been seeing a gastroentrologist for all this time,nothing has changed,I have had two colonoscopy.s and one endoscopy,and they have found nothing,I have had MANY accidents,and the only change over the years is it is getting worse,each time I see him,usually once every few months,he changes medication with no results.Went to see him 3 weeks ago because of losing control many many times,and he told me to take two clonadine and take 4 coedine a day,still nothing has changed.I get a lot of gurgling and churning in my stomach.After first bm in morning I have several within the next 30 to 60 min,and cant venture to far away from a bathroom.Not sure where to turn now.
Most all my bm's are a dash to the bathroom.sometimes even a cough causes leakage.
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I took your advice,and the very next day there was a drastic change in my problem(for the better)I take a teaspoon in morning and one in the evening,and is the biggest change in the last 5 years,in fact it is the only change.I used to go many times a day to the bathroom,now is usually once or twice,and dont have any near accidents.
I am so grateful to you for this info.It has been 10 days now and so far so good,will just keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully it stays this way.
I cant thank you enough,THANKYOU,THANKYOU,for taking the time to write and give me this information,I am indebted to you.
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My best friend suffered like this for years.  Nothing was ever found to be wrong and no medications helped her.  Anytime we went anywhere we were constantly stopping and she would run, not walk to the restroom.  One day while we were at the mall, she couldn't hold it and she went in her pants, and this was the last straw for her.  She had an aunt who had been trying for about 2 years to get her to do what she did to control her BM's.  My friend and I thought it was hokey and always dismissed it.  With my friend feeling desperate, she was ready for anything so she called her aunt.  She was told to put one tablespoon of Knox Gelatin in some orange juice every morning.  So she did this the next morning, and it was over!  She averages one BM a day and has gotten her life back.  This was about 20 years ago and she still does this, and still is normal.  You may have to play around with the amount of Gelatin, but I've seen the results and it works.  The only thing we can figure is that the gelatin gels with the stool, we don't know, don't care, my friend is happy.
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