Unmentionable things (constipation)
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
We’re back in Australia looking for a house again but I brought something with me from New Zealand that’s making this a very long day. What am I bringing? Everything I’ve eaten over the past few days.
My internal plumbing could use a roto-rooter. I don’t know if all overweight people have trouble with constipation but most of my spherical friends also have this same problem. Maybe it’s because we’re all women over 50, I really don’t know. I just know I was miserable when I got here and I stayed miserable all night.
I was up before 7 and off to the grocery store to buy necessary supplies. First I got some chocolate laxatives that tasted like shit.. oh wait.. maybe that was part of the cure. Then I got a bag of prunes. Then I added some kiwifruit. Then Mr. Gettingthin brought a big bag of mixed dry fruit and apples.
Once I eat all this I will poo for an entire day I’m sure. That’s okay though because I will feel better.
I know that for me, once I had the lapband surgery, if I eat more than I should, I do get constipated. My doctor says the same thing your doctor says, “eat more fibre.” I try but I think the problem lies with fibre not being as tasty as say, a cookie.
What’s your tried and true cure for constipation? Everyone that I talked to today had a different recommendation, so that’s why I have the prunes, laxatives, kiwifruit and mixed dried fruit and apples.
Off to view another house. We saw one this morning that was really lovely but it doesn’t have air conditioning in the office where we would both work. Imagine living in Miami and working all day during the summer with no air conditioning. Scary thought. I lived in Florida before moving to Australia so I know I couldn’t bear it. If the guy renovating the house adds an a/c unit to that room it would be perfect for us.
Fingers crossed!


I told you that I hurt my back before we left on our trip to England. I saw a physiotherapist and a doctor and finally the day before we left home I had a massage.
So, what did I do to celebrate? I made an appointment to get a fill for my gastric lapband. When I got banded back in November last year I was supposed to see my surgeon in 6 weeks to get my first fill. That’s where saline is injected through a small port that’s just under my skin. The port is just above my belly button and to the left about an inch. I can feel it if I poke around but it doesn’t bother me at all.
That’s what I call going for a pap smear to detect cervical cancer. How many of you ladies are slackers and haven’t been yet this year? Way too many I suspect.