She is 87 yrs old and has chronic constipation even though she takes lactulose and eats prunes etc. Every so often she gets very hard stool that gets stuck and gets breakthrough watery stool. She always gets this at a weekend when there is no doctor or chemist open and refuses to see a Dr in between!
Its late saturday afternoon and no chemist open or Dr available for a presc for pessaries and she is in a mess and I don't know what might help her as I have never ever had constipation in my life but know loads of peope on here do so thought I would ask and hopefully someone is on line who can help me.
I have told her to drink loads of fluids and take max dose of lactulose - she has tried to move the stool manually but says its too big and hard. I also have to be out for rest of day and all day tomorrow so tearing my hair out. last time she was as bad as this a few years ago called out of hours GP and all they did was give her a presc which is no good if no chemists!