Hi all. Since I was little I have been having trouble going to the toilet. Lots of time the stools are hard to pass. I've been to the doctors and they have told me that it is genetic (my mother had it too), and the best thing to do is to eat and live healthy (eat lots of vege, drink lots of water, etc). I try to go to toilet everyday, but sometimes I could only go once in 3 days or more. I take medicine if I haven't gone to the toilet in more than 3 days. Anyway, earlier this year I undergo a vegetarian diet for a month, after that I just eat lots of vege and eat less meat. It has been a little easier to go to toilet, less painful and been more frequent and sometimes I can go really easy two days in a row. However, I just had my wisdom tooth taken out and now I got stitches in my mouth, I'm on soft food diet (I'm still limited to mashed and liquid food/anything that has no bits in it) and lots of pain killers. Since this, my stools are very hard to pass and it's painful to go to toilet. Some drugs like painkillers can cause constipation, but without the painkillers, the pain is really bad. I don't know what to do. I eat supplement to get more fiber in me, but still, the effect wouldn't be as good as actually eating vege, and being on the normal diet. It would be awhile until I can get back to it. I'm getting the stitches out at the end of the week, hopefully then I am able to eat more towards my own diet.
But in the mean time, does anyone has suggestion of what food should I eat to help this? I really don't want to take medicine to make me go to toilet if I can help it.