I have been to several specialists and have had two, going on three colonoscopies. The first two, the doctor's said that everything seemed normal, but i continued with the problem of constipation and have dealt with it for 25 years. In the past i took a lot of laxatives. I took them once a week for 24 years, i depended on laxatives, or sepositories and tea's to be able to go to the restroom. But in this year i feel that it has gotten worse, now it's not only the constipation with no bowel movements, i also feel bloated as if an intestine is to about to burst, sometimes i feel i have nothing in my intestines... i eat right and healthy and i question where all the food is going that has accumulated for weeks!!! In the past four months i have changed my way of eating. Fibers, fruit, vegetable, plenty of water, exercise... EVERYTHING you can imagine, i am in a program that the doctor recommended me to, they teach you how to eat. I have noticed a slight difference, my stools are not so dry anymore, but now i feel i have no bowel movements and in times that i push to go to the restroom i feel that my intestines swell and shut closed, and instead of pushing i have to deeply breath. The few bowel moments i get, If any, are slightly light, i get them maybe once a week, and i have to really concentrate and try to feel the movement in my body, once in a while i will have a slight bowel movement that will help me go to the restroom, and usually its in the morning after my cup of coffee. I practically force the stool out of me by pushing and breathing in and out and relaxing my body. The few times i do go to the restroom my stool is sometimes soft, and when hard it is full of mucous. I have had a swallowing problem for 20 years. I don't know if it's nervousness, or an actual problem that leads to my digestive problems. Please help me, the doctors are telling me if i continue this way, in the near future i can choose death or have an incision in my stomach and go to the restroom in a bag. They say right now is the time to correct this problem before i get to that point. I don't want to live like that.